BEYOND THE HILLS Trailer | New Release 2013

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Palme d'Or winner Cristian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) returns with this magisterial drama about a young Romanian woman who sets out to retrieve her childhood friend from her "captivity" in a remote Romanian monastery, and soon comes into violent conflict with the archaic strictures of this traditional community.
Official Selection, Toronto International Film Festival 2012

Best Screenplay / Best Actress (Cristina Flutur, Cosmina Stratan), Cannes Film Festival 2012

Returning with his first solo feature after winning the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 2007 for the acclaimed 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Romanian director Cristian Mungiu has created yet another powerful story about women living under an authoritarian regime — in this case, a remote Orthodox monastery in the Moldavian wilderness, where archaic beliefs still regulate communal life. After working menial jobs in Germany for several years, Alina (Cristina Flutur) returns to her homeland determined to rescue her childhood friend Voichita (Cosmina Stratan) from the monastery she was sent to after both girls were ejected from an orphanage at the age of eighteen. Alina's single-minded resolve excludes any consideration that the docile Voichita might have actually found fulfillment in this austere retreat — and a means of forgetting the lesbian relationship she and Alina once shared, a forbidden love that Alina is eager to rekindle. Standing between the women is the unyielding "Papa" (Valeriu Andriuta), the head of the monastic order, who responds to Alina's aggression with an ever more zealous dogmatism. He soon comes to believe that Alina has fallen prey to demonic possession, and it is his duty to chastise her soul — even if it means destroying her body. Brilliantly exploring the nuances and complexities of a scenario that could easily have been rendered as a simplistic contest between freethinking and backwards tradition, Mungiu firmly establishes himself as one of the most accomplished artists in contemporary world cinema.