Probably would've been better if some parts were cut from it. Thus, making it a little bit shorter in duration. If you don't have the time, you'll probably stop watching it from the first few minutes. The documentary covers on certain aspects about living in a poor environment, through the eyes of different families. The scenes take place in the surroundings of the Danube Delta of Romania, during the years 1999-2000 when the whole political and economical crisis in Romania could be felt strongly. All situations are pretty deep and realistically presented by director Thomas Ciulei. The script is in Romanian, but English subtitles are included as well. If you're wondering about the meaning of the title, it's a saying that Romanian people use. Often times the word "viata" is included, which can be assimilated to the French "c'est la vie".
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Real. Too real maybe....
icsfails22 April 2005
It's a documentary about Danube's delta on the less touristic part of it. A collective introspection of different people and their difficult life in a very rough county of nowadays Romania. People that live in an 18-th century underworld made of water and wildlife. People that struggle hard with their destinies in a land where the only activities for the inhabitants are fishing, growing pigs and drinking pure alcohol to combat the nervous breakdown. But it's easy to see in the end that there is a hope in the sad look of their eyes. Best scene: two guys trying to move a boat on a frozen channel.
Good cruel stuff for a rainy day ;-)
It's a 9/10 for me.
Good cruel stuff for a rainy day ;-)
It's a 9/10 for me.
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