A Romanian drama; A story about a young man who visits his father to arrange a surprise reunion with the rest of his family. This part character study, part road movie, has a theme about emotional baggage and the complications of a broken home, and how adultery figures in the context of father-son relationship. But, more plainly it is about two men, father and son, who are running away from their own partner issues for a day. The humorous moments, thanks to a brilliant performance by Adrian Titieni, make it very watchable, and made funnier by the reactions from the cast around him. The conversations are organic and realistic and perfectly timed stream of consciousness. Sequences are intended to be immersive for the audience, unfolding naturally for effect and honesty, which is refreshing and vicarious pleasure. It is in this style that some takes go beyond convention for their length, unhampered by editing, but none outstay their welcome. All in all, this is a complex portrait of a typical Eastern European family and nicely photographed in wintry Romania.
