Enescu, Skinned Alive

I honestly think Elenescu Skinned Alive was terrible and didn't deserve any of the awards it got. I went in with high expectations because of all the hype, but it felt like a complete waste of time. The pacing was painfully slow, and the plot, if you can even call it that, was confusing and pretentious for no good reason. The characters were flat, and it seemed like the director was trying too hard to be "artistic" rather than telling a story that actually made sense. Half the time, I found myself checking the time, wondering when it would finally be over.

The cinematography was dark and shaky in a way that felt forced, and the dialogue was either too quiet to hear or so strange it was hard not to cringe. I didn't feel connected to any of the characters, and the film's attempts to shock the audience felt cheap rather than meaningful. I genuinely cannot understand how this film managed to win awards when it didn't deliver on basic storytelling, emotional connection, or even visual coherence.

Honestly, the best part of the entire experience was the comfortable seats I was sitting in, which at least made it bearable to sit through the mess unfolding on the screen. Other than that, I would not recommend this film to anyone, unless you're looking for an example of how a movie can fail while still pretending to be dee.

A bouquet of joy, emotional moments, and artistic sense - this is how I would describe this movie, which is, in fact, an experience. A brilliant blend of sensibility, spirit, wounded memories, and love, that offers the audience a key to Enescu's genius, accompanied by lovely visual shots and the era's gracious perfume.

Congratulations to the entire team for the incredible work, passion, creativity, and dedication!

The world should experience the magic you've created, especially the younger generation!

I still can hear "Poema Româna" playing in my mind...and in my soul...

It felt like poetry...

Enescu skinned alive - a film by Toma Enache Finally a movie that made my whole being (mind-body-spirit) vibrating. A movie that is not about gangsters, guns and violence but about the art of music, love and beauty.

It is about the life of a genius Romanian classic music composer, his inner emotional univers, his struggles, his ups and downs in the world of creativity and recognition but also it is about the passionate love between him and the beautiful princes Maruca No, I am not gonna narrate the story in this movie but instead I am telling how this movie made me feel from the first music note till to the last one.

It was like my whole being was willingly kidnapped and flown away through a time tunel to the XIX Century. The decore, epoch costumes, interior decorations the streets of Paris with beautiful arhitecture or the rustic house with a beautiful garden in Moldavia where Enescu was born and spent his childhood, the magnificent palaces and concert halls, the elegance of beautiful women, the romantic evenings where piano was played by Enescu for the high class audiences.... all these has made me forget for 2 hours the present times where the soul of the world I live in has become poorer with each technological advancement and oh boy, I felt so happy for 2 hours when this movie helped me to escape it into a like fairytale world.

Assuming that each cell of the human body is a music instrument ... well, this movie has made all my "instruments" play and vibrate in a perfect, devine like, harmony with not even one false note.

The passionate love between Enescu princess Maruca has given the movie sweet, erotic, sometimes even dramatic flavors which I have absorbed with pleasurable emotions.

My mind was really impressed by the wisdom flowing out from the intelligent dialogues among the movie characters.

Yes, by making this movie the regizor Toma Enache has proven his dedication to perfection.

It was nothing I did not like about this movie,. Oh, yes I did not like when the movie ended and I found myself back in the present.

It was no wonder that this movie has been the winner of 45 international prestigious awards

Dini Trandu - a fan of art, music poetry, love and beauty.

I saw this movie in a glamorous setting, at the Romanian Atheneum and I could tell from the get go that this was going to be bad. We've had a 40 mins introduction by a guy in a bow tie who asked the public for applause for like 7 or 8 times, for the brilliant acting, directing, screenwriting and so on and so forth. Everything needed to be applauded - at one point I thought we're going to honor the fact that we are still alive through this painful intro with a round of clapping.

The movie is atrocious: there is no narrative line, the characters lack any depth, the dialogue is grotesquely cliche, filled with pompous phares that have no meaning. We got out after 20 mins of projection. What a waste of time and money!

Toma Enache's Enescu, Skinned Alive is a poetic and tender portrait of Romania's greatest composer. Blending historical accuracy with emotional depth, it explores George Enescu's genius and his complex love for Princess Maruca Cantacuzino-his muse, his joy, and his source of turmoil. Beautifully acted and refined, it transforms the suffering of a genius into cinematic poetry. A profound experience for those who seek cultural and aesthetic depth.