The Happiest Girl in the World Page #3

Synopsis: Delia, a young Romanian girl, comes to Bucharest with her parents to collect a prize she has won in a contest organized by a soft-drinks company. The prize is a beautiful new car. All Delia has to do now is appear in front of the camera in a commercial. All goes well until it becomes clear that Delia and her parents have very different ideas about what to do with the new car. Meanwhile, the contest's sponsor needs a radiant prize-winner with a gleaming smile. A wicked satire and a psychological portrait of a society perverted by its slavery to capitalism and consumerism.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Radu Jude
Production: Hi Film Productions
  6 wins & 11 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Year:
2009
99 min
34 Views


- Aren't you overdoing it a bit?

- Overdoing what?

- The sulking?

I'm fine.

- But why did Dad go with that Costel?

- Costel found somebody, so he says.

- I don't believe it, though.

- Found who?

A buyer, I don't know who.

We were supposed

to talk about that again...

We'll talk, if we have to, of course.

It won't be easy getting

someone to pay

the price Daddy wants,

don't you worry...

I'm not worried but,

damn it, it's not fair.

- Don't speak to me like that.

- Oh! You're sensitive!

I was thinking if I sold it next year

or in 2 years, it'd be the same.

No, it wouldn't,

it loses value. Like half.

Who told you that?

Dad said that if you drive it

even a day, it loses value.

A used car isn't worth

as much as a new one.

How much less?

One mil, two mil...? How much?

So, after two days it's free.

What do you mean?

I mean 50% in the first day,

another 50% the next day.

- There's nothing left. 100%.

- Fine, make fun of me.

- Listen, is it my car or not?

- Who says it's not yours?

- You two.

- Did I say anything like that?

Maybe your father,

but I doubt it.

Who decided to sell the car?

Who wants gas, a guesthouse,

to build another floor...? Me?

You never want anything.

If you're so

upset, I'll talk to Aurel...

Give me a break! You're always

going on about one thing or another,

this is good this is bad, I should

study Economics, now the car...

Don't talk to me

like a spoiled brat!

As if we hadn't slaved our lives

away for you...

Not everybody takes care

of their children like us.

Sacrifices, effort...

Doesn't everyone provide for their

children? Stop nagging me!

No one's nagging you. But in life,

one has to do the right thing,

not what you just feel like.

Spare me the proverbs.

Oh, you know it all.

Your brain will explode

from too much intelligence.

You're cheeky

and need a slap in the face!

You don't get to do only

what you please, life is hard.

You have

to do things you don't like.

- I don't have to.

- Have to what?

Sell it. If I like it,

why should you sell it?

You don't want to sell it,

then we won't.

We agreed on something.

We all said, Dad too...

that we'd sell it.

No one said anything, stop lying.

We said we'd talk again, we'd see...

We said we'll talk,

but we also said

we'll try to find a buyer for the car

and that if we did...

Isn't it for your own good?

Everything we do?

Give me a break

with the "for me" thing.

And, anyway, I'm not staying there.

I'm coming here, to college.

- Get in, then we'll see.

- I'll get in, don't you worry.

And after graduation?

Don't you need a place to stay?

Grandma Victoria's house,

if it doesn't work as a guesthouse...

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Radu Jude

Radu Jude (Romanian: [ˈradu ˈʒude]; born March 28, 1977) is a Romanian film director and scenarist. more…

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