Metronom is a 2022 Romanian-French drama film written and directed by Alexandru Belc in his directorial debut. Starring Mara Bugarin and Servan Lazarovici accompanied by Vlad Ivanov, Mihai Călin, Andreea Bibiri, Alina Brezunțeanu and Mara Vicol. It had its world premiere on May 24, 2022, at the 75th Cannes Film Festival where it competed for the Un Certain Regard and won Best Director.
The film was named on the shortlist for Romanian's entry for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards, but it was not selected.
Synopsis
In 1972, Ana and Sorin are two teenagers who fall in love, but the young couple is forced to end their relationship when Sorin tells Ana that he is going to escape with his family to Germany. After that, Ana and Sorin meet again, after the breakup, at the party of a colleague, Roxana. At the party, all the young people listen to the program "Metronom" by DJ Cornel Chiriac, broadcast by Radio Europa Liberă, a radio station banned at the time in Romania. The young people write a letter to Cornel Chiriac, through which they express their desire to leave the country under the communist regime. They are detained by the militia that was notified and forced to describe in detail their participation in an act seen as a protest against the regime.
Cast
The actors participating in this film are:
Mara Bugarin as Ana
Serban Lazarovici as Sorin
Vlad Ivanov as Biriș
Mihai Călin as Ana's father
Andreea Bibiri as Ana's mother
Alina Brezunțeanu as Sorin's mother
Mara Vicol as Roxana
Mihnea Moldoveanu as Geo
Andrei Miercure as Silviu
Măriuca Bosnea as Nicolate
Eduard Chimac as Octav
Tiberiu Zavelea as Tibi
Claudia Soare as Maria
Briana Macovei as Laura
Pamela Iobaji as Mara
Ana Bodea as Claudia
Alin Florea as Ispas
Alex Conovaru as Dinu
Alexandru Nedelcu as Photographer
Horațiu Bob as Security Guard 1
Daniel Tomescu as Security Guard 2
Release
It had its world premiere on May 24, 2022 at the 75th Cannes Film Festival where it competed for the Un Certain Regard and won Best Director. Then, it was screened on July 25, 2022, at the 39th Jerusalem Film Festival, on January 31, 2023, at the Gothenburg International Film Festival, etc. It was commercially released on November 4, 2022, in Romanian theaters.
Reception
Critical reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 91% of 11 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.6/10.