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Sistemul nervos (2005)
Sistemul nervos , a big disappointment for Romanian film lovers
So lets say you are a Romanian film lover and you've been expecting a new Romanian production to show up when suddenly ,there you have it! A commercial on TV about Mircea Danieluc's newest movie-"Sistemul nervos". What you do next is that you ,as a Romanian , go to the nearest cinema very happy about getting to see a new Romanian film ,but by the time the film will end you might experience a big disappointment and come to the conclusion that Mircea Danieluc's movie are just not that enjoyable as they were in the past.
THE STORY :
The story of the movie is a complex one ,about an old woman ,madame Nica that owns a small house into the rural area and rents it from time to time to tourists. Her only pleasures are bickering her dog and watching the evening news presented by a handsome young man (alias Mircea Radu). She has a crush on him and when she finds out that he might be having problems with his enemies she takes an insane decision of going to Bucharest and trying to protect her "litle reindeer" as she liked to name him. Once arrived in Bucharest she goes to stay at her daughter's house. There she will have to put up with humiliance from his son-in-law and from her grand-daughter that is mostly under the influence of drugs.From there she tries to write letters to him and fantasizes about meeting him face to face making even a bigger obsession about him. The rest of the story is just a line of obsessive illusions full of disappointment and a country : Romania presented from a volcanic point of view.
ACTOR'S PERFORMANCE :
Mircea Radu-The same romantic type of guy as Romanians know him from his love show on TV,the same romantic performance in the movie. Rodica Talpalaga-a long awaited important role for her ,she has a remarkably natural performance demonstrating that she was born to become an actress. Valentin Teodosiu-a volcanic performance which we got used to in the last few years. He plays the role of the son-in-law of madame Nica Cecilia Barbora-plays the role of Tuta ,madame Nica's daughter. Her performance was OK,though nothing special about it either.
To sum up everything that's been written "Sistemul nervos" ( The nervous system/English title)is a movie full of crazy illusions , fantasies , one over another disappointments and the image of Romania that's literary "under the steam pressure cocker",ready to explode at any time. I can only hope it won't bother your nervous system after you've seen it!
Furia (2002)
Furia , a tough movie about the tough life in the tough neighbourhoods of Bucharest
It is movie about love,violence,illegal affairs and romanian tycoons. A romanian story combined with an occidental adaption resulting in a modern international film that can be understood both by western audiences but as well by eastern European audiences that HAVE LONG forgotten about the conservative comunist regim over film-making.
A film full of violent fight scenes that are very numerous and create more and more tensed situations as the movie goes on .
A story that impresses because of its view over the hard life from the neighbourhood. Two young men do illegal car races. They work together as a team and prosper from their occupation ,but when they are asked by a local tycoon to lose one race things start to get messy and the fuse from the bomb lights up creating a very tensionated movie that will keep you close to the screen until the ending of it when you will still be asking yourself a lot of questions long after that.
Brilliant acting both by Dragos Bucur and Dorina Chiriac along with high quality directing and screen writing by the young but talented director Radu Muntean also give a unique charm to Furia. All this and many other elements that can be noticed while watching have created a must see movie by all the filmlovers around the world and its message is clear to all not depending of race ,language we speak or country. It is a real hope for the Romanian cinema as it tries to keep up with the more advanced occidental cinema.
I hope you enjoy watching it as I'm sure that all the people that have seen it liked it and understood it.