Synopsis
Paul Hanganu loves two women. Adriana his wife and the mother of their daughter, the woman with whom he's shared the thrills of the past ten years, and Raluca the woman who has made him redefine himself. He has to leave one of them before Christmas.
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Cast
- Mimi BrănescuPaul Hanganu
- Maria PopistașuRaluca
- Mirela OprișorAdriana Hanganu
- Dragos BucurCristi
- Victor RebengiucNucu
- Ioana Blaj
Recommendations
- 100
The New York Times
The strength of Tuesday, After Christmas, Mr. Muntean's fourth feature, lies in its rigorous, artful and humane fidelity to quotidian circumstance. - 100
Salon
More broadly this is a resonant, vivid and finally heartbreaking tale about the universal difficulty of marriage and the endless self-delusion of the human condition, driven by a trio of amazing dramatic performances. - 91
The A.V. Club
More about well-observed moments of everyday life than it is about heightened melodrama. - 88
Slant Magazine
At first glance, Tuesday, After Christmas seems, in both form and content, only a modestly ambitious endeavor. Yet the singular attention with which it carries out its aims-and the rigorous success it ultimately attains-is nonetheless unsparing, and bracing. - 80
Variety
Again, Muntean and his script collaborators offer exceptionally naturalistic dialogue. - 80
Time Out
Director Radu Muntean has pulled off the near-impossible, turning each scene (captured in capacious long takes) into arias of generosity for his actors. - 75
New York Post
They breathe originality into an oft-told story. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
The dissected minutiae of this adultery drama unfortunately doesn't add up to a very original or moving whole.
