DRACULA
Testing the limits of good taste, Romanian provocateur Radu Jude turns the legend of Dracula on its head with this visionary, metatextual reimagining of the world’s most famous vampire. With a bad case of writer’s block, a young Romanian filmmaker turns to AI to come up with a version of Dracula that is destined to be a surefire hit. Toying with the chatbot, he generates 12 unique versions, each more outrageous than the last. They draw inspiration from everything from Murnau and Coppola’s takes on the Dracula mythos to the historical accounts of Vlad the Impaler — nothing is sacred. Made in tandem with Jude’s KONTINENTAL ’25 (also screening in the Showcase), the maximalist DRACULA overflows with sex, blood and bawdy humor, but, like the best of Jude’s work, it makes pointed political commentary about Romania’s past, present and future. –Josh Gardner
Official Selection, 2025 Locarno and New York film festivals. DIR/SCR Radu Jude; PROD Alexandru Teodorescu, Rodrigo Teixeira. Romania/Austria/Luxembourg/Brazil, 2025, color, 170 min. In English, Romanian and German with English subtitles. NOT RATED
Run Time: 170 Minutes
Opening Date: Sunday, December 07, 2025
Genre: Comedy
