Full US Trailer for ‘Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World’

Full US Trailer for ‘Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World’

by Alex Billington
February 22, 2024
Source: YouTube

“Wild, hilarious, and cryptically profound.” Buckle up! Mubi has revealed their full trailer for the acclaimed Romanian indie film titled Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World, the latest creation by filmmaker Radu Jude (who won Berlinale’s Golden Bear prize in 2021 for Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn). This premiered at the 2023 Locarno Film Festival last year and many critics went berserk for it, heralding it as one of the best films at any festival last year. However, most people are not going to be into this one – it’s nearly 3 hours long, mostly in B&W, following a woman driving around as she makes her own TikToks and cracks semi-offensive jokes all the time (here’s my full review). An overworked and underpaid production assistant has to shoot a workplace safety video commissioned by a multinational company. But an interviewee makes a statement and must then re-invent his story to fit the company’s narrative. Starring Ilinca Manolache as Angela and “Bobita”, plus Ovidiu Pîrsan, Nina Hoss, Dorina Lazar, and Katia Pascariu. This kind of cinema is absolutely an acquired state, but also absolutely vital cinema nonetheless.

Official US trailer for Radu Jude’s Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World, on YouTube:

An overworked and underpaid production assistant named Angela (Ilinca Manolache) must drive around the city of Bucharest, Romania to film the casting calls for a workplace safety video commissioned by a large multinational company. When one of her interviewees makes a statement that ignites a scandal she is forced to re-invent the whole story. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World, also known as Nu astepta prea mult de la sfârsitul lumii in Romanian, is written and directed by the acclaimed Romanian indie filmmaker Radu Jude, director of many indie films including The Happiest Girl in the World, A Film for Friends, Everybody in Our Family, Aferim!, Scarred Hearts, I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians, and Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn previously, plus tons of other short films and unique documentaries. It’s produced by Radu Jude, Adrian Sitaru, and Ada Solomon; and co-produced by Adrien Chef, Claire Dornoy, Ankica Juric Tilic, Serge Lalou, Paul Thiltges. This initially premiered at the 2023 Locarno Film Festival last year. Mubi will debut Jude’s Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World film in select US theaters starting on March 22nd, 2024 coming soon. Who’s interested in watching this?

Find more posts: Foreign Films, Indies, To Watch, Trailer