Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World

Every film by Radu Jude is an event, and Do Not Expect Too Much of the End of the World is no exception. Two years after winning the Golden Bear, Jadu returns with yet another brilliant and bitingly witty satire. In the first part of the film, we follow Angela, an underpaid production assistant, who roams the streets of Bucharest in her car, searching for the location of a corporate video shoot. In the second part, we witness the scandal that erupts because of the video – and its cover-up. A delightful road movie and a sharp commentary on Romanian society, this film is a playful manipulation of form and food for thought about the flexibility of labor and the superficiality of digital media culture. Junte’s movie satirizes the emerging absolutism of our times with rare wit and intelligence.