Thought provoking Romanian film about the meeting of 2 very diverse cultures. It is a little unpolished, especially towards the end but Nemescu may have resolved this had he had the opportunity.

Amusing.

Great story, but it really needed to be shortened in the final cut. Had Nemescu not died before editing was finished I suspect it would have been, and I might be reviewing a classic right now. Still, the culture difference is portrayed with both comedy and dignity, which is an achievement, and certain commonly held beliefs are questioned. Firstly, It forces the audience to consider all of the individual tragedies that simply become a statistic of war, and secondly, are the good guys really that?

Solid film. Reminds a bit of Tanovic's No Man's Land, though centered on a different bit of ineptitude around the Bosnia-Serbia conflict. The director hadn't finished editing when he tragically died in a car accident, and it shows a bit. The film lingers in a few places where it should pick up the pace. Also, the tone overall feels a bit too comic for where it's headed. I suspect these issues would have been ironed out with a few scenes trimmed here and there.