Cannes 2009 Day 4: Porumboiu’s Police, Adjectiv is an Example on How to Hash Out a Minimalist Film

A good percentage of films that make up the Un Certain Regard section each year work with lingering cameras, long takes and a non-moving camera. You had on one side the Tsai Ming-Ling or Hou Hsiao Hsien kind, and then you have this formula embedded with a wryness coming from the likes of Aki Kaurismaki and Roy Andersson. Police Adjectiv falls somewhere in between. The Camera D’Or-winning director of 12:08 East of Bucharest employs a technique that uses minimalist dialogue, and fancies a narrative that once again laughs at bureaucracy but is self-referential and laughs out their own selves. Punch-lines are delivered when intended and in the most un-dramatic fashion possible. Review Coming Soon!