The Happiest Girl in the World Page #4

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


you can live in it.

Didn't you hear me?

I'm never going back to you.

- Get it?

- You never know.

It doesn't ask for food but it

produces money.

Who?

- The guesthouse.

- And the car does?

Sweetie, a litre of gasoline

costs 41 thousand.

What will you do?

You don't have a place to keep it.

- I do.

- You have a garage? Where?

You don't need a garage to have a car.

You can keep it in a parking lot.

Right. For thieves to steal

and sell it to Germans in Germany.

You can hardly take care of yourself

and you want a car?

I don't understand...

It's a shame not to use such a

stroke of luck to improve our lives.

Life's short.

Dad explained it to you:

In two years,

if everything works out,

you can get any car you want

and when you graduate you'll come

and take care of everything.

Didn't you hear? I'm not coming back.

How many times do I have to say it?

That's fine.

But we'll miss you terribly.

But we'll send you

some of our earnings.

See? You only think about you two,

about how you'll make money.

- I said we'd send you money.

- You said how you'd make money.

- Forget it, I know you.

- You do?

And who took care of you?

I slaved and I stayed with your father

and you know how hard it was for me...

You picked him...

So missy can tell me now

that she wants to live in the capital,

that she doesn't want to live

in Geoagiu Bai anymore,

that Timisoara university

is beneath her.

Even those labels

were sent with our money,

if we're honest about who

deserves what.

What do you mean?

Who gave you the money

for the juice? We did...

I can't believe you're nagging me

about some crappy juice labels...

I'm about to slap you...

It wasn't easy raising you...

All the sacrifices we made

even for those juices.

And when your father got involved

with that stupid Nicoleta,

I didn't file for divorce

so you wouldn't suffer.

Give me a break. You should've

given me to the Social Services then!

You gave me money for those labels!

Super wonderfully splendid of you.

Exactly.

Isn't it normal...

Look at me!

Isn't it normal

for a child to help her mother

when the parents are in need?

Are they in need because of me?

Did I do anything to you?

It's not my fault.

Or is it? Tell me...

I never said I agreed,

I said I'd think about it.

Well, I have and I don't want to.

Look, I won't meddle any more.

Talk to your father

and work it out with him.

If you're not meddling, then don't.

Don't talk if you're not meddling...

That's it. I won't say a word.

Deal with your father.

Fine. Why are you talking

if it's none of your business?

I'll talk to Dad.

I just wanted to tell you

what I think is right

because you need to know

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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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