Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
Babardeala cu Bucluc Sau Porno Balamuc
The mock trial of a teacher puts history on the stand in Radu Jude’s peculiar revenge porn story.
Babardeala cu Bucluc Sau Porno Balamuc
Emi, a schoolteacher, finds her reputation under threat after a personal sex tape is uploaded onto the internet. Forced to meet the parents demanding her dismissal, Emi refuses to surrender. This is a film in three loosely connected parts: a walk in the city of Bucharest, then a playful essay on obscenities, all culminating, in the third part, an incendiary comic confrontation.
As playfully provocative as its title, ‘Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn’ uses a potentially prurient premise to highlight the hypocrisy of societal norms. The first essential fiction movie to be made about the coronavirus pandemic, as well as about the way it’s driven so many people mad. This is thought-provoking, very well performed and states its case remarkably clearly, even with the 18-certificate collar around it’s preverbial neck.