POLICE, ADJECTIVE

**ENDS Thursday, April 15th**

On over 25 major TOP 10 FILMS OF THE YEAR lists for 2009!
WINNER! Cannes Jury Prize - Un Certain Regard / 2009 Cannes Film Festival

"A BRILLIANT BLACK COMEDY about language, power and law enforcement. Belongs with the peaks of the new Romania cinema. Plus it's very funny. " - Michael Phillips, CHICAGO TRIBUNE

"A SMALL MASTERPIECE ... an absurdist comedy that has something of the deadpan theatricality that characterized early Jim Jarmusch." - J. Hoberman, VILLAGE VOICE

"More evidence of the remarkable recent renaissance in Romanian cinema." - Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN TIMES

"Certainly the smartest film I’ve seen this year." - Mark Peranson, CINEMASCOPE MAGAZINE

One of the most critically-acclaimed films of the year and a double prize winner at Cannes, POLICE, ADJECTIVE is the new whip-smart, darkly funny comedy from young Romanian filmmaker Corneliu Porumboiu (12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST).
Cristi (Dragos Bucur) is a young undercover cop who undergoes a crisis of conscience when he is pressured to arrest a teenager who offers hash to classmates. Not wanting to ruin the life of a young man he considers merely irresponsible, Cristi must either allow the arrest to be a burden on his conscience, or face censure by his self-serious superior (Vlad Ivanov, 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS), for whom the word “conscience” has an entirely different meaning.
Porumboiu approaches his story with the exacting patience of a master ironist, culminating in one of the most unexpected comedic payoffs in years, – an extraordinary dissection of language that affirms his reputation as one of the most exciting new talents in European cinema.

VISIT THE OFFICIAL MOVIE WEBSITE:
http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/police-adjective

Read an interview with director Corneliu Porumboiu:
http://thehollywoodinterview.blogspot.com/2009/12/hollywood-interview-wi...