Tag Archives: family drama

Paternitate și revoluție (carte: Alexander Hausvater – Donatorul)

Posted on August 14, 2026 by admin

Alexander Hausvater este o personalitate artistică și o persoană șarmantă. Disclaimer: am privilegiul de a-l cunoaște personal și am avut plăcerea să particip la lansarea, într-o frumoasă seară de sfârșit de mai, în grădina Muzeului National al Literaturii Române, a … Continue reading →

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the great Catherines (film: Sage femme – Martin Provost, 2017)

Posted on August 13, 2026 by admin

The 2017 ‘Sage femme‘ (the title of the English distribution was ‘The Midwife’) by Martin Provost was a pleasant surprise and it is not clear to me why the film was underappreciated at the time by part of the public … Continue reading →

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a piece of life (film: C’mon C’mon – Mike Mills, 2021)

Posted on April 2, 2026 by admin

Mike Mills is one of those screenwriters-directors who have a formidable talent for bringing real life, as we know it, to the screen. I noticed this in one of his previous films – ’20th Century Women’ and this opinion was … Continue reading →

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farewell rituals (film: Ani wo mochihakoberu saizu ni / Bring Him Down to a Portable Size – Ryôta Nakano, 2025)

Posted on February 1, 2026 by admin

‘Bring Him Down to a Portable Size‘ (2025 – in Japanese the title is ‘Ani wo mochihakoberu saizu ni‘) by Ryôta Nakano reminded me of another Japanese film that deals with funeral details – ‘Departures’ (2008 – in Japanese the … Continue reading →

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generational gaps (film: Father Mother Sister Brother – Jim Jarmusch, 2025)

Posted on December 30, 2025 by admin

It was a delight to end my 2025 film year by watching Jim Jarmusch‘s film ‘Father Mother Sister Brother‘. This is another of the triptychs that the American director wrote and brought to the screen, in which three cinematic stories … Continue reading →

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home, art and healing (film: Sentimental Value / Affeksjonverdi – Joachim Trie, 2025)

Posted on October 11, 2025 by admin

I was introduced to Joachim Trier‘s films at a Scandinavian film festival a few years ago. Since then I have been following him and I try not to miss any of his films. Four years have passed between his previous … Continue reading →

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the world as seen by Maria (film: Dinți de lapte – Mihai Mincan, 2025)

Posted on September 30, 2025 by admin

‘Dinți de lapte‘ (‘Milk Teeth‘) is, in its way, a unique film. It is the second auteur film (written and directed) by Mihai Mincan and made as a co-production with international financing and participation. This time, unlike his debut film, … Continue reading →

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another poignant family docu-drama by Radu Ciorniciuc (documentary: Tata – Radu Ciorniciuc & Lina Vdovii, 2024)

Posted on July 18, 2025 by admin

‘Tata‘ (2024) is the second film by director Radu Ciorniciuc after ‘Acasă, My Home’ in which he builds an entire cinematic universe starting from a special life story. Material that for many other filmmakers would result in a film exposed … Continue reading →

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a relationship in crisis (film: Elskling / Loveable – Lilja Ingolfsdottir, 2024)

Posted on July 14, 2025 by admin

Norwegian cinema is less known in the world than the ones coming from other Scandinavian countries, but lately it has offered some interesting productions, especially films about ordinary people and their relationships. ‘Elskling‘, the 2024 debut film by director Lilja … Continue reading →

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a japanese autumn sonata (film: Teki – Daihachi Yoshida, 2024)

Posted on February 1, 2025 by admin

‘Teki‘, the 2024 film by Japanese director Daihachi Yoshida, is a film about the old age. I don’t know to what extent contemporary Japanese cinema addresses this topic, but it seems natural to me that it would in a country … Continue reading →

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