Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

Babardeala cu bucluc sau porno balamuc

One of the most daring and inventive examples of social satire we've seen in cinema in recent years, Bad Luck Banging or Looney Porn by Radu Jude, which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, is one of the first films to incorporate into its plot the dystopia we experienced during the Covid era, almost simultaneously with the outbreak of the pandemic. Emi, a history teacher at a prestigious school in Romania, sees her professional future hanging by a thread when her personal sex tape is leaked online. Having endured a grueling day, during which she has been confronted with countless sexist and racist attitudes as well as the awkward situations that have arisen due to Covid restrictions, Emi is called upon to defend herself before a group of outraged and reactionary parents in a process resembling a monstrous mockery of an Inquisition. Launching a direct assault on the viewer’s every conservative reflex and playing with the sense of the forbidden and the sacrilegious through interpolated episodes – sometimes sarcastic and sometimes outright provocative – that interrupt the main plot, Bad Luck Banging or Looney Porn reserves the most meta touch for its utterly crazy, completely unpredictable open-ended finale.
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Direction: Radu Jude
Script: Radu Jude
Cinematography: Marius Panduru
Editing: Cătălin Cristuțiu
Sound: Dana Bunescu
Music: Jura Ferina, Pavao Miholjevi
Actors: Katia Pascariu, Claudia Ieremia, Olimpia Mălai, Nicodim Ungureanu
Production: microFILM
Producers: Ada Solomon
Co-production: Paul Thiltges Distributions, endorfilm, Kinorama
Co-producers: Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, Jiří Konečný, Ankica Jurić Tilić
Costumes: Ciresica Cuciuc
Production Design: Cristian Niculescu
Executive producer: Carla Fotea
Make Up: Bianca Boeroiu
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Romania, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Croatia
Production Year: 2021
Duration: 106'
Distribution in Greece: Cinobo
Contact: Heretic
Awards/Distinctions: Golden Bear – Berlin IFF 2021, Best Film – Pula FF 2021, Best Feature Film – East-West: Golden Arch IFA 2021, Best Feature Film, Best Actress, Best Editing – Gopo Awards 2022

Radu Jude

Radu Jude is a Romanian director and screenwriter. His feature debut, The Happiest Girl in the World (2009), was selected for over 50 international film festivals. He went on to direct critically acclaimed films such as Everybody in Our Family (2012), Aferim! (2015), Scarred Hearts (2016), I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians (2018), and Uppercase Print (2020), all of which received numerous awards worldwide. In 2021, his film Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World received the Special Jury Prize at the Locarno Film Festival in 2023. His latest feature, Kontinental ’25, a low-budget independent production, was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at the 2025 Berlinale.

Filmography

2009 The Happiest Girl in the World
2012 Everybody in Our Family
2015 Aferim!
2016 Scarred Hearts
2018 I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
2020 Uppercase Print
2021 Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
2023 Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
2025 Kontinental ’25
2025 Dracula