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Movie Info

Patrascu finds himself at odds with two neighbors after he witnesses a domestic quarrel that ends up in murder.

Genre:

drama
Original Language:

Romanian
Director:

Radu Muntean
Producer:

Dragos Vilcu
Writer:

Alexandru Baciu, Radu Muntean, Razvan Radulescu
Runtime:

1h 33m

Cast & Crew

Teodor Corban
Patrascu

Maria Popistasu
Laura

Iulian Postelnicu
Vali

Liviu Cheloiu
Bolocan

Constantin Dita
Viorel

Constantin Draganescu
Dan

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Critic Reviews for One Floor Below

All Critics (22) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (18) | Rotten (4)

Writer-director Radu Muntean occupies his characters with trivial matters but the weirdly ambiguous conflict between the two men eventually comes to a boil.

March 17, 2016 | Full Review…

J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
Mixes subtle politics and morality in an expert, if discomfiting, manner.

January 22, 2016 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Barry Hertz
Globe and Mail
The key to appreciating "One Floor Below" is to keep in mind that it takes place in a country still troubled by its past.

September 16, 2015 | Full Review…

Michał Oleszczyk
RogerEbert.com
it's a movie that gives you very little that you didn't have before -- no new wisdom, no new emotion, no further understanding of the world.

September 16, 2015 | Full Review…

Jessica Kiang
The Playlist
Like a pot set to bubble only every few seconds, the drama is tightly measured to ensure a controlled level of tension that remains discreetly constant.

September 16, 2015 | Full Review…

Jay Weissberg
Variety
The film takes a character who would be merely incidental in a more conventional film and uses him to construct a poignant meditation on responsibility, guilt and community.

September 16, 2015 | Full Review…

Leslie Felperin
Hollywood Reporter
Muntean's omissions are blanks for viewers to fill in as they see fit, not holes in the story.

May 22, 2019 | Rating: 7.5/10 | Full Review…

C.J. Prince
Way Too Indie
Muntean offers some insight into the routine reality of this Romanian businessman, but ultimately the film sidesteps exploring the moral dilemma that at first seems to be its raison d'être.

April 18, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Rachel Brook
One Room With A View
This is an aesthetically minimalistic, meticulously constructed drama.

September 26, 2017 | Full Review…

Müge Turan
Cinema Scope
It's a bit of a shaggy dog tale and quite a disappointment from this talented director.

August 14, 2017 | Full Review…

Alex Heeney
Seventh Row
A surprising and provocative piece of Romanian filmmaking. [Full review in Spanish]

October 4, 2016 | Full Review…

Josefina Sartora
Otroscines.com
Surprising Romanian thriller with deep moral conflicts and a strong dramatic load. [Full review in Spanish]

June 6, 2016 | Full Review…

Pablo O. Scholz
Clarín