In Cluj, Romania, the stories of a homeless man wandering the city intertwine with those of Orsolya, a woman of Hungarian origin who moved to Transylvania and started a family there. Now working as a bailiff for the city, she forces the homeless man to vacate the apartment he was illegally occupying. For the woman, this will be an opportunity to confront her sense of guilt and responsibility, a process at once grotesque, comical, and bitter, which will push her to seek support from those around her.
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at the 2025 Berlin Film Festival
"Although less kaleidoscopic than his recent masterpieces, Kontinental '25 bears all the hallmarks of Jude's genius, with an elegant two-part structure and his customary flair for the absurd, leaving in the memory images (think dinosaurs and police robots) as ridiculous as they are resonant, capable of collapsing notions of high and low. But it is above all through conversation that Jude stages dissatisfaction and frustration, confirming himself as the most relevant auteur of European cinema of our time." (Tommaso Tocci)
