The Stranger

(FILM) This two-and-a-half-hour movie, winner of the Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes in 2005, is about headaches, stomach pain, liver damage, solicitous yet unhelpful neighbors, quince jam, incompetence, inefficiency, cats, proper use of prepositions, young and gorgeous Eastern European lady doctors, turf wars between various ranks of medical professionals, and the decrepit state of the Romanian health-care system. Sounds irritating, yes? But it's also beautifully, suddenly, unexpectedly sad. (Varsity, all shows $6.25, see Movie Times for details.) by Annie Wagner

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