Beyond the hills
By: written and directed by Cristian Mungiu
Contributors: Flutur, Cristina, actor; Stratan, Cosmina, 1984- actor; Criterion Collection (Firm)
Edition: Special edition.
Series: Criterion collection; Criterion collection
Published: 2018
Language: rum
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9781681434438
Subjects: Drama; Convents; Orphans; Female friendship
Description: With this arresting drama based on notorious real-life events, Cristian Mungiu mounts a complex inquiry into faith, fanaticism, and indifference. At a desolate Romanian monastery, a young novice nun, Voichita, reunites with her former companion Alina, who plans to take her to Germany. But Voichita proves unwilling to abandon her calling, and Alina becomes increasingly desperate to reclaim her devotion, putting the outsider at odds with the monastery's ascetic priest.
Notes: Title from sell sheet.

Inspired by the nonfiction novels of Tatiana Niculescu Bran.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2012.

Wide screen (2.35:1) aspect ratio.

Special features: new interview with Mungiu; the making of "Beyond the hills," a documentary from 2013, produced by  Mungiu; press conference from 2012 Cannes Film Festival; deleted scenes; trailer; an essay by film scholar Doru Pop.

Cristina Flutur, Cosmina Stratan.

DVD.

Romanian dialogue; English subtitles.