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Sharkflei Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Yazmin Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Errington_92 The Death of Mr Lazarescu is a bleak intimate tale in which we witness a helpless old man becoming the subject of folly in a cynical view of society.We get to know the protagonist Mr Lazarescu very intimately thanks to the film being shot in the style of a documentary, as if we are voyeuring into Mr Lazarescu's life. By becoming voyeurs we see the sad state he lives in, alone in a flat full of cats as his only companions after his family broke down with the death of his wife and his daughter moving away. This helps create sympathy in the audience towards Mr Lazarescu as a character as well as for the dreadful situation he soon finds himself in. Thinking he has become ill due to his ulcer Mr Lazarescu seeks help from his neighbours who although give him help and support before going to seek medical attention, they treat him like a child. Talking to him in a condescending manner as they think he is drunk, it makes Mr Lazarescu even more of a lonely figure as he is shown to be a victim of ignorance within human nature. Watching him as a helpless person whilst his neighbours pass the time by talking about themselves and criticising Mr Lazarescu, it builds up a feeling of annoyance with the characters as a voyeur on par with the vulnerability Mr Lazarescu must have felt.The vulnerability and annoyance of Mr Lazarescu and ourselves respectively becomes even bigger as Mr Lazarescu tries to speak his mind amidst the patronisation from everyone around him. The most recurring behavioural aspect from the people meant to be helping Mr Lazarescu is one of arrogance and disrespect. Being called a pig by one doctor, attempting to tell another about a possibility traumatic childhood experience before they walk away from him and being accused of not wanting to sign a surgical sign even though he is in a dazed state. Everyone seems to view Mr Lazarescu as nothing more than a pathetic old man which is the core of the cynical theme for The Death of Mr Lazarescu. They do not seem or care to understand Lazarescu's true character and act as if he is not worth their time. They would rather have discussions amongst themselves joking around and being pre occupied with their lives. The shabby treatment of Mr Lazarescu is not the only way we are shown a mostly misanthropic society but to a lesser extent we also experience the treatment of Medic Mioara amongst her own colleges.She is the only person who seems truly interested in the welfare of Mr Lazarescu, trying to make a number of doctors understand the seriousness of his situation by explaining his symptoms and diagnosis to them. Instead of thanks Mioara gets berated with verbal abuse accusing her of arrogance and superiority when it is the other way around. Just as we watched and sympathised with Mr Lazarescu, we do the same for Mioara as we experience the awkwardness she feels for trying to do her job. Again it comes back to the critique of society as a cynical place which benefits no one. Here the documentary style of The Death of Mr Lazarescu gives the narrative a very realistic feel which makes us having to watch Mioara being unfairly treated quite uncomfortable, making Mioara's mental and emotional fatigue a shared experience with us.The Death of Mr Lazarescu ends with Mr Lazarescu now helpless waiting for surgery whilst Mioara moves on to continue with her work. It brings the bleakness to full circle as we can only speculate what happens next, most likely the grim reality of his death and the world wouldn't really care. No matter how bleak The Death of Mr Lazarescu is, it is a haunting realistic tragedy which reflects the indifference side of human nature done superbly with the realistic techniques used to structure the narrative and to absorb us into the film's view of cynicalism.

alaserexperts I doubt the proponents of Obamacare would ever care to watch a movie that tells the truth about anything that contradicts their socialist ideology -including socialized medicine.Inspired by real events, "The Death Of Mr. Lazarescu" and it's a (very) dark foreign comedy about an old man with a drinking problem and his tribulations in the state run medical system. After literally an entire night of being sent by ambulance from one hospital to another (I believe 6 hospitals in total) where doctors and medical personnel are overworked, underpaid and completely disinterested in the medical act, Mr. Lazarescu finally dies on a stretcher, victim of a state-run medical system that is as compassionate and caring as the DMV.This film is a cautionary tale against the ills of socialized medicine: people die and nobody gives a crap. What defines this movie is its incredible realism and if seen by enough Americans would cause Obamacare to fail miserably.

Osvaldo Aufiero I rented this movie at my district's DVD store. I live in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and our native language is Spanish. Before choosing the movie, I read it's synopsis and it said it was a "Comedy" OK. It is clearly a terrible drama, no doubt about it. No problem, I love dramas.After finishing the movie, I wanted to know if he died or not!! OK, maybe it is not so important, but I just wanted to know. So I open IMDb site to read some comments. And I realize the real name was "the DEATH of Mr Lazarescu"!!The translation to Spanish used here is: "La noche del Sr. Lazarescu" It means The NIGHT of Mr. Lazarescu. Conclusion: You can dramatically change people perception and expectations of a movie just by changing it's name... and it's genre...

bobgeorge1 The Death of Mr Lazarescu is a film that challenges. It is long. 153 minutes long. It has the weighty subject matter that the title suggests. A man of 63 who lives alone with his 3 cats and the comfort of his home made booze is taken from hospital to hospital where busy doctors use the little power they have to make sure they are not responsible for his care. I had expected it to be about alienation and a poor society with a poverty of care. But what was striking was the opposite. One must fear for the Romanians about to become part of the Mighty European Union. This man lives in dowdy circumstances; his home reminded me of my childhood home with tacky plastic table cloths and bland wall tiles. Even the cats are indifferent to him. But there were neighbours; they go into each other's homes; they offer food; they argue over the best course of help. The Nurse who takes him from Hospital to Hospital shows real caring and sees beyond the smell of alcohol that creates the first pre-judgement for everyone. Those rivalries between the different medical professions is universal I'd assume. I found this a tough film to watch. If you've sat with someone dying you'll know how hard it is. The only thing I did wonder throughout was why someone who has had a headache for days would wear a woolly hat in bed?