Turn Off the Lights

Overview

After years behind bars, three young men begin to rediscover lives of aggression and excess in their raucous Roma community. Among them is Alex, a captivating figure with a disturbingly blasé attitude toward violence, women, and guilt. In this absorbing documentary, offering a rare peek into contemporary Roma culture, Alex and his fellow ex-cons reconcile the outside world with the gray-shaded areas of morality with which they all struggle.

RATING

6.40

DIRECTOR

Ivana Mladenović

COUNTRIE

Romania

RELEASE DATE

2012

TIME

1h 17m

GENRE

Documentary