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Graduation
Graduation
7.2
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1,726 Ratings

GRADUATION

Bacalaureat

Directed by Cristian Mungiu
Romania, France, 2016
Drama

Synopsis

Romeo Aldea, a physician living in a small Romanian mountain town, has raised his daughter Eliza with the idea that once she turns 18, she will leave to study abroad. After an attack before a college entrance exam jeopardizes his daughter’s future, Romeo thinks up ways to solve the situation.

Synopsis

Romeo Aldea, a physician living in a small Romanian mountain town, has raised his daughter Eliza with the idea that once she turns 18, she will leave to study abroad. After an attack before a college entrance exam jeopardizes his daughter’s future, Romeo thinks up ways to solve the situation.

Our take

Graduation presents a suspenseful chain of compromises, with a sorrowful central figure: a father entering dark waters to secure better prospects for his child, while damning himself. This drama explores how, despite good intentions, you rarely get away clean when navigating broken systems.