... Another notable film by Radu Muntean.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 16, 2022

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

| Original Score: 7.5/10 | May 22, 2019

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.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 18, 2019

This is an aesthetically minimalistic, meticulously constructed drama.

| Sep 26, 2017

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

| Aug 14, 2017

A surprising and provocative piece of Romanian filmmaking. [Full review in Spanish]

| Oct 4, 2016

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

| Jun 6, 2016

In its quiet accretion of everyday details, with key events happening off-screen or on the obscure margins, the beautifully shot tale is equal parts Dostoyevsky and Chantal Akerman.

| Apr 13, 2016

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

| Mar 17, 2016

Mauntean attempts to examine hard truths about masculine insecurity, but Sandu's ethical conundrum doesn't feel like one at all.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 8, 2016

Deftly scripted, subtle and challenging, this is a film which reminds us why Muntean is such an important contributor to the Romanian New Wave.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 22, 2016

A stripped-down exercise in social realism whose deceptively unassuming narrative serves as a reflection on the zeitgeist of contemporary Romania.

| Original Score: B | Feb 22, 2016

Mixes subtle politics and morality in an expert, if discomfiting, manner.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 22, 2016

A simmering stew, albeit one that never quite boils over

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 21, 2016

A gripping, enigmatic drama about responsibility and moral choice.

| Sep 16, 2015

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

| Sep 16, 2015

For those prepared to invest the time, One Floor Below quietly builds into a devastating portrait of a weak man and the weak society he represents, both of which have lost their moral compasses.

| Sep 16, 2015

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.

| Sep 16, 2015

Romanian cinema doesn't do grand gestures; instead One Floor Below watches dispassionately as Sandu's complicity grinds against his conscience and stress fractures start to appear.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 16, 2015

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.

| Sep 16, 2015