I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians

I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians

Directed by Radu Jude

Produced by Klas Film, Hi Film Productions

2018138 min6.7 / 10

A darkly irreverent historical drama that uses comedy and provocation to grapple with the moral abyss of ethnic cleansing and state-sanctioned barbarism.

"I do not care if we go down in history as barbarians." These words, spoken in the Council of Ministers of the summer of 1941, started the ethnic cleansing on the Eastern Front. The film attempts to comment on this statement.

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  • Is I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Is I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.

  • Does I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians violent? Yes. More violent than 85% of films.

  • Is I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

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72/ 100

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