Slavery, omicide, violence, blackmail, lying, racism, corruption, theft, nepotism. These and many other appaling behaviours are nonchanlantly displayed by Constantin: a father policeman on a quest with his son in 19th century Romania. Indeed they seem perfectly in tune with their time: everyone's reasoning and behaviours reflect a society where this is the norm. Or at least a selective adaptation to it.
Furthermore it's incredibly fascinating - and likely the movie's best part - the collection of anecdotes, traditional wits and proverbial "wisdom" - shared as often as possible by the writers - used by the characters to empower their views.
A nice exercise for all those that find hard to adopt different perspectives and understand how different a culture can be despite being rather close in space and time. This said - and THIS being quite valuable and exceptional to find in most historical-exotic themed productions - the film felt a bit like a chore except for the final 20 minutes and few sparse scenes.
Good photography but unnecessarily essential given how "light" the plot is (30-40 BW romanian countryside postcards).
A slow long voyage in 19th century countryside Romania and its culture if you feel like it.
Furthermore it's incredibly fascinating - and likely the movie's best part - the collection of anecdotes, traditional wits and proverbial "wisdom" - shared as often as possible by the writers - used by the characters to empower their views.
A nice exercise for all those that find hard to adopt different perspectives and understand how different a culture can be despite being rather close in space and time. This said - and THIS being quite valuable and exceptional to find in most historical-exotic themed productions - the film felt a bit like a chore except for the final 20 minutes and few sparse scenes.
Good photography but unnecessarily essential given how "light" the plot is (30-40 BW romanian countryside postcards).
A slow long voyage in 19th century countryside Romania and its culture if you feel like it.