The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Drama
After suffering terrible headaches and stomach cramps, Mr. Lăzărescu, a lonely 63 year-old man, calls for an ambulance, beginning one man’s hellish journey through Bucharest hospitals in search of proper medical care. As the night unfolds, his health starts to deteriorate fast.
VIBE
A darkly comic, frustratingly bleak journey through a Kafkaesque healthcare system. It’s a slow, agonizing crawl that captures the absurdity and melancholy of modern life and mortality with unflinching realism.
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