In its own country , it debuted at the Transilvania International Film Festival in June 2007 , where it attracted long queues . With only 50 theatres in Romania , and the lowest rates of theatre attendance in the European Union , a crew on a caravan toured 15 towns without theatres over 30 days for screenings that year . At Transylvania , Mungiu was happy to see that Romanian viewers could comprehend the dark comedy . Filmmaker Sorin Avram documented the caravan tour through Focșani , Petroșani , Călărași and other communities , and interviewed some of the audience of 17,584 people , who described it as shocking and disturbing
Transilvania International Film Festival
Transilvania International Film Festival
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