This is one of the few recent Christian movies; and it is also a beautiful, beautiful movie. Visually and cinematically, '21 rubies' enchants.
But the story is the key - and it must be told. This movie presents Romania as is, with its many facets. A land of traditions and Orthodox faithful people; but also a land of decayed, Godless modernity. And as any state or institution, it has its corruption. The State and the Church are accurately represented as lower chains in the international order. And by and by, the individual is crushed by this complex apparatus, in which it is the weakest link. In the end though, as the movie shows, the individual has one last refuge out of the hardships of this world, and that is Christ - though this is not an easy path, and many still get lost.
A Romanian movie that I am proud of.
But the story is the key - and it must be told. This movie presents Romania as is, with its many facets. A land of traditions and Orthodox faithful people; but also a land of decayed, Godless modernity. And as any state or institution, it has its corruption. The State and the Church are accurately represented as lower chains in the international order. And by and by, the individual is crushed by this complex apparatus, in which it is the weakest link. In the end though, as the movie shows, the individual has one last refuge out of the hardships of this world, and that is Christ - though this is not an easy path, and many still get lost.
A Romanian movie that I am proud of.
