Orsolya is a bailiff in Cluj, the main city in Transylvania. One day she must evict a homeless man who lives in the basement of a building. An unexpected event confronts her with her own contradictions and creates a moral crisis she tries to solve as best she can. Sharper and more cutting than ever, Radu Jude crafts a lo-fi personal odyssey, a nod to Rossellini’s Europa ’51, in which his heroine seeks existential answers within a contemporary society caught between hyper-capitalism and the resurgence of nationalism. The film won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at the Berlinale 2025.
