cinehunch
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
01
Why this pick
Its restrained Romanian realism, long unbroken scenes and minute social tensions create the same unvarnished intimacy, where ordinary conversations steadily become emotionally unbearable.
02
Why this pick
A foundational Romanian New Wave drama: observational, darkly funny and patient, finding acute discomfort and compassion in bureaucracy, domestic life and real-time human friction.
03
Why this pick
This close, unsentimental family drama shares the film's naturalistic performances and moral unease, watching love turn into control through tense, painfully believable encounters.
04
Why this pick
Mungiu brings a similarly cool, precise gaze to compromised relationships and small ethical concessions, letting pressure build through quiet scenes rather than melodramatic release.
05
Why this pick
Another Romanian drama of emotional dependency and difficult choices, told with spare dialogue, handheld immediacy and a refusal to make its troubled characters easy to judge.
Finding the atmosphere, tension and little details that made this one stay with you.
Our curator needs a little longer. Please come back shortly.
No confident matches yet. Try our personal film finder.
01 / THE STORY
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.
Showing saved details. Some information may be out of date.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Cristi
Nucu
Raluca
Adriana Hanganu
