Originally Posted by klein:
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"Lousy movie, completely. This is exactly what people in the West expect to see as a picture of the Balkans and Eastern Europe, a stereotype. I am sorry to hear that the director died in a car accident, but that doesn't make this movie more valuable. I also understand why it got Cannes award - it seems to give an insight into Romanian society today, but I believe this is not a real picture. Whenever foreign reporters come to Balkans, they make and later publish photos of bizarre, ugly, poverty marks, and no one picks what is valuable in that particular culture. That is precisely what this Romanian movie does: look how many bizarre and corrupted characters we have in our country, our girls are easy for US dollars, everything is dirty and cheap. And when it comes to plot and other dramatic qualities of this movie, it is nothing but confused - the motivation for the provincial railway station manager to stop and hold the train for days is totally vague, and when possible causes for his behavior appear, we still don't know for certain which one is the real one: does he want a bribe? no. is he doing it because he hates Americans? maybe, but not certain. does he want to sabotage Nato and prevent people in Serbia from more suffering? maybe, but not certain. is he disappointed in life and simply cynical? maybe, not certain again. we don't get a real answer. many other important things are also badly motivated in the story and vague.
Milos, Belgrade, Serbia"
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11/10 Excelent comentariu exact la fel l-am vazut si eu si am si spus-o p-aici.