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Via Adina, written for salon.com by Andrew O'Hehir: I won't pretend there's some uplifting vision or spiritual epiphany offered at the end of "The Death of Mr. Lazarescu"—such things lie outside its range—but something about the film's relentless clarity, its enormous cast of damaged but profoundly believable people, and its accidental panoply of human dreams and desires, is almost as exhilarating as it is depressing. Puiu's filmmaking technique is remarkable, and all the more so because it's almost invisible. This movie is the first in a series he calls "Six Stories From the Bucharest Suburbs," which might be one of the most important film events out of Eastern Europe since Kieslowski's "Decalogue." Full review here. Photo found here features director Cristi Puiu, lead actor Ion Fiscuteanu, Monica Dean and crew.