Nunta Muta (Horaƫiu Mǎlǎele, 2008)

Silent Wedding takes place in Romania in 1953, when the whole country is officially in mourning following the death of Stalin. And it's also a hoot. As with Kusturica's black comedy romps through the communist era in Yugoslavia, Mǎlǎele's film jigs a merry dance between tragedy and celebration with irrepressible zest.
In a nutshell, a small village decides that a local wedding will go ahead regardless of the silence imposed on the country...in absolute silence. Needless to say, this proves a tall order for the chirpy villagers.
Satire and pathos are blended in without overwhelming the joie-de-vivre of a rumbunctious and likeable cast who have the naturalistic air of lay actors. Some of the humour is too broad, to be sure, and the more absurdist moments occasionally have a randomised feel, but overall, like with Kusturica, it'd take a heart of stone to resist getting pulled along with the mood.

7/10