This one is watchable on free-access CINEPUB website, at 2021.
Nothing wrong with a smaller canvas, if you fill it well. Romanian movies often give the impression that there's Bucharest - and then there's the rest. On this occasion, there's less success attached to the Bucharest writer returning to his hometown, than meets the eye initially. The long cafe scene drags a bit, but Cohn brings it home well, and his final "reveal" is done in a charmingly self-deprecating way. Realistic and astute.
Nothing wrong with a smaller canvas, if you fill it well. Romanian movies often give the impression that there's Bucharest - and then there's the rest. On this occasion, there's less success attached to the Bucharest writer returning to his hometown, than meets the eye initially. The long cafe scene drags a bit, but Cohn brings it home well, and his final "reveal" is done in a charmingly self-deprecating way. Realistic and astute.
