A man running away from battle walks into a skirmish that's a
reflection of the conflict he's left behind in this short drama.
It's 1990 in the city of Tirgu Mures, and Hungarians and
Romanians are locked in violent civil conflict. A soldier in the
Romanian military, hungry and tired, abandons his post and
searches for a safe place to hide from the fighting. The soldier
discovers a block station, where a Hungarian line inspector is
living with his daughter. The soldier takes shelter in a storage
building nearby, but the daughter soon discovers his presence,
with the inspector following shortly after, and a battle of wits
is waged between them. Zapping was the first film from writer
and director Cristian Mungiu. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi  Movie data
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