The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005) on Netflix
Dante Remus Lăzărescu, a retired engineer of 63, lives alone with his cats in Bucharest. Pain makes him call an ambulance, and the nurse Mioara Avram has him taken to a hospital.
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- Rotten Tomatoes93%
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Plot summary
Dante Remus Lăzărescu is a retired engineer of 63 who lives alone with his cats in a Bucharest apartment; his wife has died. Pain grips his stomach and head, so he calls an ambulance. None comes. He turns to his neighbors, who have none of the medicine he asks for and give him pills against nausea instead. One of them says he drinks heavily. The neighbor puts him back to bed, and they telephone again. The ambulance arrives with the nurse Mioara Avram, and she has him taken to a hospital.
Cast
- Dan Chiriacas Medic triaj Spitalui Universitar
- Mihai Bratilaas Dr. Breslasu
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- Robert Bumbesas Robert
- Alexandru Fifeaas Brancardier, Spitalui Sf. Spiridon
- Florina Alina Glezneaas Asistenta, Spitalui Sf. Spiridon
- Tudor Hristescuas Dr. Kelemen
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005)
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- Cristi Puiu's hypochondria between 2001 and 2003, when he became convinced a minor ailment was a terminal disease, sent him to doctors' offices and emergency rooms and informed the film's portrayal of the medical system.
- The film drew on a notorious Romanian case from 1997: Constantin Nica, a 52-year-old man turned away from several hospitals, was left in the street by paramedics and died.
- In 2001 and 2003 Cristi Puiu, backed by directors Nae Caranfil and Cristian Mungiu, accused Romania's National Council of Cinematography of steering funding to members of its own Advising Council, led by Sergiu Nicolaescu, and their protégés.
