JHK-008

It is surely not groundbreaking to combine a roadmovie with a 'coming-of-age' theme, but it is the execution that matters. And with this the director Ana Maria Comanescu is spot on. It is light hearted and funny, even in the bickering and the occasional punkish behavior here and there, the pacing is correct and all scenes are functional and keep the story going on. The movie is never trying to be moralistic, dramatic or overly comical, which are classic pitfalls for this type of film. The brightish cinematography gives a pleasant atmosphere to the passing landscapes. It even manages to find the exit on the right time and in the general stylish, symphathetic nature of the film's theme. This is a charming debutfilm from a talented filmmaker, and another excellent example of Romania's filmmaking expertise and why they belong in the upper echelons of Europe's filmworld.

The kid below who reviewed the film with a 3 and rambled about Christianity and what not, is a little out of touch with reality and should be completely ignored.

This is a follow up documentary after Kiss the Ground (2011), which is somewhat inferior in standards of documentary-making and seem to target a younger viewer's range, but with the same important message: that we ruin the earth and our topsoil with current practices of industrialized farming. Furthermore, companies like Monsanto in particular but the food industry as a whole play an abject role in applying propaganda (attacks on whistleblowers), manipulation (funding farm colleges and rogue science) and bribing of government officials and government-policies through campaign funding. The cost in terms of public and ecological health is alarming. We have to turn this around or we will go down as the generation which leaves a gigantic mess for the generations to come.