Le dernier plan

The concept of 'a film inside a film' has been done before, sometimes with good results (Last Tango in Paris, The Player), sometimes with dismal effect (the Stuntman) The story sounds simple but remains intriguing : a young Romanian journalist goes to Paris to find a dissident writer Dolinescu who seems to have vanished after the death of Ceaucescu. What starts out as work becomes a real obsession and during the interviews with friends and colleagues, we slowly learn what happened to Dolinescu. The acting is simply brilliant, especially since many of the "actors" play themselves. The music is moving, the story is utterly captivating and only suffers slightly in the end because too many loose threads had to be tied up. A great little film, that I can warmly recommend.