It Takes Two to Fence

The movie's scenario is quite straightforward, as if it's an expanded short. It depicts a budding relationship between a fencer and her trainer. It is interesting and pleasant to see how the relationship develops. As some commenters observed Olimpia Melinte plays well, brings light and naturalness-she should be cast in bigger movies.

Also, there are beautiful long shots of the sea side city.

I think this is a fine addition to the usual grim Romanian film curriculum.

What makes this story worth telling? If a plain story get on the silver screen it does so, because it's worthy, and this one lacks anything stellar, in effect is very simple.

So when you want to tell a simple story, you need to hook the audience through actors, through dialogue, through music, through image. The actors are ok, the dialogue is subpar, music and image are side-dish, nothing much coming out of them.

The film fails not because it's bad, as so many others, but because it is not good, does not have an edge on it -- and how much could have been delivered through fencing!! -- and if comes out as bland, little to stick with after it has ended.