that fact that liviu ciulei won best directing at cannes with padurea spanzuratilor and then never made another film
this idea didn’t come to mungiu in a dream and instead was inspired by a real event so yes there very much were people who believed the children should’ve been taken away
i am personally more inclined towards the latter and i don’t agree on some of mungiu’s more “centrist” takes but i also understand where some of it comes from
are they using him to make the other choices look good by comparison?
Harry Styles had talks with execs about playing the next James Bond.
(Source: variety.com/2026/film/news/j…)


















