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2012 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Cristian Mungiu’s Beyond The Hills

Published on January 1, 1970

Gist: Mungiu’s follow-up to his Palme d’Or-winning 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days sounds like it could potentially introduce the unfamiliar element of ‘the supernatural’ into the Romanian New Wave. The Dumont-ian narrative follows two young women who grew up together and reunite in a Romanian convent. One wants to depart from the convent and head for Germany, the other is attached to the location and unwilling to accompany her friend. One may also be possessed by demons.

Prediction: Already picked up for North American distribution by Sundance Selects, Mungiu is a shoo-in to protect his crown in the Main Competition, especially after the black hole for Romanian cinema that was 2011.

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Blake Williams is an avant-garde filmmaker born in Houston, currently living and working in Toronto. He recently entered the PhD program at University of Toronto's Cinema Studies Institute, and has screened his video work at TIFF (2011 & '12), Tribeca (2013), Images Festival (2012), Jihlava (2012), and the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley. Blake has contributed to IONCINEMA.com's coverage for film festivals such as Cannes, TIFF, and Hot Docs. Top Films From Contemporary Film Auteurs: Almodóvar (Talk to Her), Coen Bros. (Fargo), Dardennes (Rosetta), Haneke (Code Unknown), Hsiao-Hsien (Flight of the Red Balloon), Kar-wai (Happy Together), Kiarostami (Where is the Friend's Home?), Lynch (INLAND EMPIRE), Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs), Van Sant (Last Days), Von Trier (The Idiots)