Doi vecini

a text by Arghezi. first step as director of Geo Saizescu. and perfect cast. smart using of clichés. and construction of humor as puzzle of repetitive acts. that seems be all. the virtue of film is the wise exploration of old habits and rivalries and fight for insignificant things. a Balkanian story who has the rare gift to give precise and subtle portrait of a society. and that transforms it in gem. the dialogues and the war of ladies. the love story of servants. the piano as artillery piece. the meeting of men. and the peace. all in seductive manner. and seductive for understand the spirit of a period. at first sigh, it escapes from political pressure. in fact, the coalition - scriptwriter - director - actors does a so great job than the small references to the odious past are only too small details.

like many Romanians films of its period, it is a form of fight against pressure of politic. a lovely comedy. and it can not be a surprise or an accident because it was only way to escape from ideological command.and a not bad first step in cinema art of the director Geo Saizescu using inspired text by Tudor Arghezi. sure, the old bourgeoisie life style is the target of this film too but, like in other cases, the escape from political line is the admirable cast. Nineta Gusty, Grigore Vasilescu Birlic, Carmen Stănescu or Ion Lucian are the makers of this little gem about a small ordinary conflict between families. the characters are images of usual types, delicate drawings , interesting performance , smart exploitation of humor resources. a film who preserves the flavor of a period art. and who is always for Romanian relationship between neighbors.