Hello! How Are You? (2010)
"Buna! Ce faci?" (original title)

Musician Gabriel and dimpled dry-cleaning proprietress Gabriela live like two strangers who no longer see each other. But in humorous contrast to their staid, passionless lives, characters ... See full summary »

Director:

Alexandru Maftei

Writer:

Lia Bugnar

Stars:

Dana Voicu, Ionel Mihailescu, Paul Diaconescu

4 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Dana Voicu	...	Gabriela
Ionel Mihailescu	...	Gabriel
Paul Diaconescu	...	Vladimir
Jordi Gràcia	...	The Dutchman
Ana Popescu	...	Toni
Ioan Ionescu	...	Marcel
Antoaneta Cojocaru	...	Natalia
Ioana Abur	...	Silvia
Adrian Paduraru	...	The Professor
Adriana Trandafir	...	Matilda
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dragos Alexandru	...	Conductor
Alexandra Balan	...	Girl
Iulia Boros	...	Luminita
Jofre Borràs	...	Tibi
Adrian Buliga	...	George

Storyline

Musician Gabriel and dimpled dry-cleaning proprietress Gabriela live like two strangers who no longer see each other. But in humorous contrast to their staid, passionless lives, characters in a constant state of sexual arousal surround them. Their libidinous teen son, whose hilarious voiceover commentary intermittently provides important narrative information, prides himself on being the high school stud and aspires to a career in porn. Gabriela's sexy employee switches boyfriends the way she changes clothes. And despite being married, Gabriel's colleague is working his way through the female members of their orchestra. Ultimately, the two Gabys find their virtual affairs reconnect them with their own desires, but in a way less movie-fantasy and more satisfyingly real-life.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

Romania

Language:

Romanian

Release Date:

4 March 2011 (Romania)

Also Known As:

Hello! How Are You?

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Box Office

Budget:

€300,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rollin Studio Romania

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

A Romanian comedy that simply makes you feel good

"Hello! How are you?" deals with several main topics - growing up of a teenager, crisis of middle-aged people, boredom in marriage, unfulfilled dreams and desire. Although the topics suggest a serious drama, the film is actually a romantic comedy, the type that really deserved my thumbs up. During the second half, I was a little afraid that it would turn to clichés, such as we often see in Hollywood blockbusters, but luckily, this was not the case here.

The story is not predictable, it seems realistic and it brings eastern European atmosphere in a positive and jolly way. The characters are vivid, the actors excellent in portraying them (both the leading and supporting roles), the direction is superb, with many unexpected scene details and surprising elements you discover gradually.

I suppose that most comedy lovers would enjoy the film the same as I did, and as did the audience at Vukovar Film Festival 2011. There were many scenes that made everyone burst out laughing. It's one of the films that simply makes you feel good after seeing it.