Why Me?

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Why Me?

A young and ambitious prosecutor (played with dark intensity by newcomer Emilian Oprea) is surprised to be assigned a sensitive case involving an older colleague accused of corruption. What could have been a springboard for his career turns out to have the opposite effect, revealing that he may be a mere pawn on a cynical chessboard. Based on outrageous real events, this Sidney Lumet-esque political thriller about one man’s fight with the system finds director Tudor Giurgiu in a more serious mode after his crowd-pleasing Of Snails and Men (shown here in 2013), taking huge risks in exposing the dirty and sometimes tragic games of Romanian politics.

This film is part of the Making Waves: New Romanian Cinema 2016 series.



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