Wednesday 5 Jan 2011

20.45. Tyneside Cinema, 10 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6QG; Box office: 0845 217 9909

POLICE, ADJECTIVE
Romania, 2009, 113 mins. Directed by Corneliu Porumboiu. Cast: Dragos Bucur, Vlad Ivanov, Irina Saulescu, Ion Stoica, Marian Ghenea

A slow-burning drama about police mind-sets and ethics in modern provincial Romania, Police, Adjective centres on a young policeman who is keeping watch on a teenage youth suspected of drug-dealing….

Keith Seacroft, Tyneside Cinema Heritage Tour Guide, says:

“The antidote to rat-a-splat action movies, and all the more reason to see it. It’s quiet and provocative, with wry comic touches. We wait and watch with Cristi, a progressive cop, who questions the methods and attitudes that hang over from the old regime in Romania. With lingering shots and silences, the tension creeps up on you and culminates in a stunning, final encounter between Cristi and his boss.”