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Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

6.9(130)20232h 44m2

On behalf of a multinational company, a production assistant drives around the Romanian city of Bucharest, interviewing various citizens who have been injured due to work accidents to cast one of them in a “safety at work” video.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$92.4K
Language
English
Part of Angela Collection · 2 films
  • satire
  • misogyny
  • internet culture
  • workplace comedy
  • workplace fatalities
  • late stage capitalism
  • workplace harassment
  • tiktok

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Radu Jude

Writers

Radu Jude

Produced in

Croatia, France, Luxembourg, Romania

Where to watch

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Release dates

  • IndiaIN

    • PremiereJio MAMI Film Festival27 Oct 2023
    • Digital / OTTMUBI3 May 2024
  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNew York Film Festival7 Oct 2023
    • PremiereChicago International Film Festival15 Oct 2023
    • PremiereAFI Fest27 Oct 2023
    • Theatrical (limited)22 Mar 2024
    • PremiereMilwaukee Film Festival17 Apr 2024
    • PremiereMinneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival21 Apr 2024
    • Digital / OTTMUBI3 May 2024
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereBFI London Film Festival4 Oct 2023
    • Theatrical188 Mar 2024
  • AustraliaAU

    • PremiereR 18+Sydney Film Festival5 Jun 2024
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto International Film Festival8 Sept 2023
    • Digital / OTTMUBI3 May 2024
  • ChinaCN

    • PremiereShanghai International Film Festival14 Jun 2024
  • DenmarkDK

    • PremiereCPH:DOX13 Mar 2024
  • EstoniaEE

    • PremiereTallinn Black Nights Film Festival6 Nov 2023
    • Theatrical28 Jun 2026
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical27 Sept 2023
  • GermanyDE

    • Digital / OTTMUBI3 May 2024
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical1 Feb 2024
  • Hong KongHK

    • PremiereIIIHong Kong International Film Festival1 Apr 2024
    • Theatrical (limited)IIIbcSpecial23 Aug 2024

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Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World was released on 27 September 2023.

Audience reviews

3
  • C

    CinemaSerf

    3/13/2024

    6/10

    There's something very natural about Ilinca Manolache in this gritty and occasionally quite funny story of "Angela". She seems to spend much of the film driving her car around the streets of Bucharest garnering interviews from the victims of industrial accidents. Why? Well apparently some Austrians are making a safety film and they want a real person to go on screen advocating the common sense of adhering to the rule…

  • B

    Brent Marchant

    5/31/2024

    7/10

    Some may find it discouraging to look upon the world with a robustly cynical outlook, yet, given prevailing conditions in the world today, it may sometimes be unavoidable, an attribute reflected in many contexts, including art and cinema. And that’s just what Romanian writer-director Radu Jude has done in his latest feature outing, a biting, darkly satirical comedy-drama that lays bare many of the everyday frustratio…

  • B

    badelf

    12/1/2024

    6/10

    Radu Jude's latest film is a caustic, unfiltered critique that slices through the veneer of contemporary work culture like a hot knife through butter. At its core, this is a merciless examination of late-stage capitalism and gig-working that will leave you simultaneously laughing and wincing. The film's narrative follows Angela (played with raw, frenetic energy played by Ilinca Manolache), a delivery driver naviga…

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