Metronom

Metronom

2022 · 102 min · RO · 6.3 (41 votes)
Dir. Alexandru Belc · Starring Mara Bugarin, Alina Brezunteanu, Mara Vicol, Serban Lazarovici, Vlad Ivanov, Mihai Călin

“We all keep the secret.”

DramaRomance

Bucharest, 1972. Ana, 17, dreams of love and freedom. One night, while partying with her friends, they decide to send a letter to Metronom, the musical program which Radio Free Europe broadcasts clandestinely in Romania. It is then that the Securitate, Ceausescu’s secret police, arrives…

VIBE

A poignant, melancholic journey into youthful defiance under an oppressive regime. It's a steady build of simmering tension and yearning for freedom, wrapped in a subdued, intimate aesthetic. The feeling of first love clashes tragically with the suffocating grip of surveillance.

tensemelancholicyearningoppressivedefiantsteadyperiod dramaintimate character studyhistorical realismsubdued aestheticyouthful rebellionoppressionfirst loveloss of innocencecensorship