Adverts. Often the cue to stop watching the TV and make a cup of tea, but Romania’s four-time Oscar representative Radu Jude has gone the other way: he’s created a bold, if at times confusing, film made up solely of them.
The result is chaotic yet insightful. A five-minute ad break often feels too much, but Jude successfully makes 71 minutes and 30 years of ads exciting. It fits with his track record – a satirical and critical review of his native Romania – but this time the form is new.
