FNC – Eight Postcards from Utopia

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For his new found footage documentary, Radu Jude, the most offbeat of Romanian filmmakers, has taken on an incredible challenge: to expose the psyche of his country through… advertising! Rocambolesque and often hilarious, Eight Postcards from Utopia collects and reworks hundreds of promotional images produced from the end of the socialist era to the present day. The film is not only a portrait of post-communist Romania in eight chapters but also a sharp critique of the materialism and consumerism that plagues our contemporary societies. With the humour and irony for which he is known, Jude delivers a politically charged satire of stunning poetry.