I was unpleasantly surprised by the above comment, signed C.T. from Los Angeles which is obviously spoiler, under Cornelia Palos's account.
I saw the movie in a private projection in Los Angeles and it was very well received. Cornelia Palos signs as a producer, if I remember well. As far as I know, in Romania the movie wasn't distributed on market yet and I don't understand what interest can have the producer to run down his own film.
The story: Azucena, a beautiful young gypsy, falls crazily in love with a young lieutenant, a Romanian border officer on Est. Their love burns to a maximum passionate flame but it becomes very fast impossible because of the racist prejudice and of the ancient tribal habits of the India's originary Gypsies. Azucena is the daughter of a rich and influential "bulibaşa", some kind of a local prince.The family is severely against the relation with the officer because of the girl's marriage even from the age of nine. Azucena is a modern girl, a non-conformist one and the conflict with his father becomes a drama. On the other hand, her lieutenant is trapped by the gypsy mafia and implied in the persons and prostitution traffic. Azucena believes him guilty and leaves him. Disappears from home and becomes a table dancer. The establishment's boss promises that he'll send her to a great Italian club but he sells her instead like prostitute in Bosnia. Azucena revenges dreadfully. Together with other girls she emasculates the Bosniac brothel boss and blindest with acid and ignites the Romanian one. Being afraid by the fire's proportion thinks to leave country. She returns to the lefted lieutenant and between passionate embracings asks him to help her to reach the border. On the way, at a police filter, Azucena simply disappears from the car. The lieutenant is not able to find her any more nor does he find out anything about her. After one year, by chance, he saw her completely changed leaving a big hotel together with an aged man.
In film there are also very interesting complementary parallel actions, refugees personal dramas, another Azucena's in love man, a Russian officer behind the border who ends tragically. All actors are great, women are beautiful, the love scenes are credible, whatever with much less nudity than, for instance in "Basic Instinct", not as it is said in the comment.
The film seems to me well done, with a good sense of humor. As far as I know its director is awarded with a prize in Cannes Festival for the film "Răscoala", possible also with other distinctions to other works.
D.vH
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