laceciliala Review of Beyond the Hills

Beyond the Hills (2012)

Alina and Voichita are two girls who have lived their early years in an orphanage. Later on, each one chooses her own path.

[7/10 · 26 February 2013]

"Dealuri Dupa", aka "Beyond the Hills" is a Romanian movie of 2012. The director, Cristian Mungiu, offers two perspectives in this film. The first, found in the relationship of the two girls, whose lives have taken very different paths, despite the unique connection, which was formed between them during the orphanage years. The differences are so big that they cause serious tensions and conflicts. This bipolar environment, brings us to the second approach, which we find in the Romanian environment, in the hospital, in the streets of the city, and so on. This is a bipolar and contradictory reality. For me, the most interesting subject is the battle between religion and science, good and evil, what is considered right and wrong.