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Musician Gabriel and dimpled dry-cleaning proprietress Gabriela live like two strangers who no longer see each other. But in humorous contrast to their staid, passionless lives, characters in a constant state of sexual arousal surround them. Their libidinous teen son, whose hilarious voiceover commentary intermittently provides important narrative information, prides himself on being the high school stud and aspires to a career in porn. Gabriela's sexy employee switches boyfriends the way she changes clothes. And despite being married, Gabriel's colleague is working his way through the female members of their orchestra. Ultimately, the two Gabys find their virtual affairs reconnect them with their own desires, but in a way less movie-fantasy and more satisfyingly real-life. Written by Palm Springs Internation Film Festival
| Release : | 2010 |
| Rating : | 7.3 |
| Studio : | Rollin Studio Romania, |
| Crew : | Director, Writer, |
| Cast : | Dana Voicu Ionel Mihăilescu Ana Popescu Ioan Ionescu Adrian Păduraru |
| Genre : | Comedy Romance |
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So much average
Powerful
I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.
Blistering performances.
a real, real special film. among the Romanian movies from the last decade. because it propose the poetry of the small things. because it is honest portrait of marriage and teenager life and desire of small, comfortable happiness. because it has the perfect script, director and actors. because it is a happy exception from the long chain of dark- bitter dramas about post - communist Romanian society. its humor, its naivety, the rebellious teenager, the discover of chat and the emotions of late love for the man/wife, the scenes opposing the parents like children and the dreams of theirs boy, the delicacy to tell a story who becomes a pastel portrait or an early spring morning are virtues of a profound beautiful film. and, sure the definition of a form of not ordinary romanticism.
During the last 15 minutes of the movie I was just laughing. Not because of the comedy (there is no such thing in this film), but because how stupid it could be. Imagine you are watching a soccer game and the players are so bad they are not even able to touch the ball – this kind of laugh I'm talking about. This movie was nothing but a 105' piece of unintentional humor.Poor idea, bad script, flat action, stupid dialogs, unnatural acting performances, very slow pace (inexcusable in this case, since there is nothing deep to understand or feel). I had a strong feeling of seeing again some 80s' Romanian movie, such as 'Liceenii', but unnecessary nudity or sex scenes dotted about.But the worst thing was the story itself. It's end, I mean. This end turned one bad movie into a huge non-sense. You lose your time expecting to see how the main characters solve their relationship problem, and you get them solving nothing. You endured such a long flat movie for no reward.Recommended only for people who are not searching for any deep message and/or interesting story, just wanting to watch two 50 years old persons getting in love and... nothing more. I guess the fans of 'The Young and the Restless' will really enjoy this movie.PS. I totally agree with Alex Iordache in his review.
I saw this film as part of the Romanian Film Festival in NYC. What a wonderful feel-good movie. It was funny but not in the cheesy Rom-Com traditional way. It was smart, & original, the whole idea of meeting someone "new" online only to end up chatting with your spouse is genius. I also liked that the couple was older & middle class, not the rich twenty-somethings that have become the norm in this genre. Throughout the whole feature I kept hoping I never end up being as sad & unmotivated as the main characters were; yet you feel & root for these two flawed individuals so they can find the happiness they so much crave within themselves. I really enjoyed the teenage son & the other laundry employee. They were hilarious, over the top, crazy and content, they went after what they wanted, made mistakes and learned from them. They weeded out what was unnecessary. They did everything that the married couple were too afraid to do.I love how the film gives you a peak inside a Romanian family, they are not that different from us, they have the same struggles, hopes & dreams. I love how carefully they approached the use of computers and how addicted they became to the whole new world the internet brought them. The irony of the film is based on how people desire what they already have, yet they don't realize it has always been there. You can't expect others to give you happiness unless you give it to yourself first. Once the characters realized this, their relationship took a whole new turn... for the better.
"Buna! Ce faci?" is an honest and jolly film, slightly tendered with melancholy. It treats the theme of love reflected in the life of a long- married couple that has a rebellious teenager son.I also salute the poster of the film, with its vintage-design and its capacity to slightly introduce the viewer to a world of love, indifference and self- finding, regardless the age, ideas that reflect themselves in a well-handled and well written script. Thumbs up to the casting and settings, as well. All in all, I recommend this film and I wish we (the Romanians) produce more and more such romantic comedies.
