Niki Ardelean, colonel în rezerva (2003)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Lucian Pintilie

Writers:

Cristi Puiu (writer)
Razvan Radulescu (writer)

Release Date:

24 September 2003 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Cast

Victor Rebengiuc	...	Niki Ardelean
Razvan Vasilescu	...	Florian (Flo) Tufaru
Coca Bloos	...	Poucha Ardelean
Mihaela Caracas	...	Doina Tufaru
Serban Pavlu	...	Eugen Tufaru
Dorina Chiriac	...	Angela Tufaru
Marius Galea	...	Mihai Ardelean
Andreea Bibiri	...	Irina Ardelean

Also Known As:

Niki and Flo (International: English title)
Niki et Flo (France)
Quand le cerveau sort de la tête (France) (working title)

Runtime:

France:99 min (Cannes Film Festival) | Argentina:100 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)

Country:

France | Romania

Language:

Romanian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Filmex

Useless, infantile, shallow, boring...

It's so sad that Romanian audiences are still populated with vulgar and uneducated individuals who relish this kind of cheap and demonstrative shows, as superficial and brutal as the "Garcea" series or the "Vacanta mare" child-plays... The difference is that Mugur Mihäescu, Doru Octavian Dumitru and other such sub-artisans never presume to claim their shows as "art". Pintilie, who 40 years ago made a very good movie ("Duminicä la ora sase") followed by another one, nice enough ("Reconstituirea"), tries to declare his film-lenghts "art works" - but, unfortunately, he masters at a way too limited level the specifically cinematographic means of expression. As such, "Niki Ardelean" offers again a sample of "HOW NOT" - this being about its only merit.