The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Moartea domnului Lazarescu) (2005)

Posted : 2 years, 2 months ago at Sep 13 7:08

This was a very well made movie, with interesting dilemmas in it. But be prepared to be frustrated. You follow along as a lonely old man decides he's sick enough to call for help. You see as he talks to his neighbors, gets assessed by the paramedics, and transported to emergency room, diagnostics and finally surgery and how everyone has an opinion about his health. But it's not so simple as that. You get to see people in the medical field work, some very helpful, some dismissive. It's very documentary in style, and in that way a very slow and deliberate movie. And although this is a Romanian film (with subtitles), this could easily be anywhere in the world. Everyone along the way has to make choices, including the patient. And this movie reminds you that of that huge web, and mult...Read more

Rating : 6/10