Dolby Digital 5.1 (Romanian)

Hopefully, most of you have enjoyed my review of Unidentified, the first in a series of three films directed by Bogdan George Apetri set in a small town in Northern Romania.  It is a nontraditional trilogy, as all three stories share the same universe but do not require the viewer to watch them together or in a certain order.  Well, today I have received the second film in this series, entitled Miracle.  Since they were filmed at the same time, one would hope that it is just as good and just as brilliant as the first film.  Let's take a look and see what it has to offer.

We see a girl crying over some holy water.  Her name is Cristina Tofan (played by Ioana Bugarin).  She is dressed in clothes that resemble those of a nun and is staying at the covenant.  Sister Mina (played by Nora Covali) enters and hands her a bag with a cell phone and tells Cristina to call.  She does so, but there is no answer, and she tries again.  Again, no response.  The car is waiting by the side gate, and Cristina prays for safety.

I certainly do not want to get political here, but cops as a rule have a certain extent of power that we as common folk typically do not enjoy.  It is often a plot point in many thriller movies that we sit and watch the officer harasses suspects or perhaps uses some shady tactics in order to get their man (or woman).  It's common, heck it's probably in film school 101 and some might even see it as a bit cliché.  Today's film is Unidentified, a Romanian film where a detective enters a very grey area in order to catch the perpetrator.  It's also the first film in a trilogy.  Yes, you read that right but more on that later.  Let's take a look.

We see the sprawling countryside of Romania.  It shifts to trees and then to lots of houses and businesses.  We arrive at the city, time is 2:45 PM and Florin Iespas (played by Bogdan Farcas) is looking at some grisly photographs of burn victims along with a picture of a suspect.  At the bosses office, he talks to Comisar Sef (played by Vasile Muraru) about the case which actually doesn't belong to him.  The case belongs to another cop named Radu who happens to be away on a vacation.