
TheOtherIreneisanoddeventinthecurrentlandscapeofRomaniancinema.AlthoughpayingtributetotheaestheticsoftheRomanianNewWave,directorGruzsniczkialsoembracesthrillergenreconventions,deliveringadistilledsuspensefultalebasedonastrangerealstory.IrinaconvincesherhusbandthatsheneedstogotoEgypttowork.Threemonthslater,shecomesbackasatotalstrangeronlytoleaveagainandtofinallycomehomeforgood—asacorpseinacoffin.Withdevelopingtension,TheOtherIreneshowsusamanbecomingincreasinglyobsessedwithtryingtosolvethemysteryofhiswife’sdeathandsubsequentlybecomingfrustratedwiththerunaroundhereceivesatconsulatesandministries.Defyingbureaucraticobstacles,themanfindshimselfaloneinaKafkianequationinwhichthemajorunknownmightbehowwellweknowthepersonwhoisclosesttous.—MihaiChirilov



