Buna Cristina! Pa Cristina!

fresh. fragile. romantic. Bovaric. a girl. an older neighbor. short meetings. and a lot of dreams. the film is not a surprise. Romanian short films of last years are really gems. the precise stories, the good acting, the young directors and their vision about reality are important basis for this art near poem. but this film, in black and white, is touching. an ordinary fact who creates essence of an universe. little bitter, childish, but realistic. a film like trip across the memories. and ball of nostalgic emotions. a never-ending story. delicate, nice, seductive. like flavor of a cake from childhood. or, only a cup of coffee in a cloudy afternoon of Sunday.

The first love of a 13 years old girl for one of her neighbors. He has 25, is polite about her, ignoring her powerful emotion in the meeting situations. She - animated by romantic dreams , looking for be observed by him, preserving the hobbies of age, not observing the intention of mother to have a new home , desiring be observed by her Prince Charming.

The high realism of situation and reactions are the basic virtue of this short film, touching, nice, seductive and good trip across memories about pre-teen period.

A film like a spring day, charming for dialogues and acting, for the soft tension and for great portrait of characters.

And, sure, for the inspired end.

Delightful sounds just fair about Buna Cristina ! Pa Cristina !