# Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (2023)

> An overworked Bucharest production assistant becomes the exhausted guide through a grotesque landscape of corporate safety theater, gig labor, and digital-era absurdity.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/852250

## Facts

- Runtime: 164 min
- Genres: Comedy, Drama
- Director: Radu Jude
- Cast: Ilinca Manolache, Ovidiu Pîrșan, Nina Hoss, Dorina Lazăr, László Miske, Uwe Boll, Șerban Pavlu, Katia Pascariu
- TMDB rating: 6.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18162096/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: labyrinthine
- Violence: mild
- Mood: caustic, irreverent, frantic, political film night, arthouse cinema night

## Synopsis

A satirical look at the absurdities of corporate culture and the chaos of modern life.

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