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Unfortunately, although popular enough in the early Seventies, mainly among middle aged people, this movie is today almost forgotten - and it's absolutely unfair, since it's an admirably round and balanced piece of cinematic work. It follows closely, with an intimate and tender eye, the relationship between two mature partners, who seem to have found that second chance that many people keep hoping for, after their failed in their personal life.

This is the movie that expresses the best the special talent of Lucian Bratu - and extremely fastidious director, always concerned with the most solid basis for his work, the closest attention paid to the minutest details, and impeccable correctness and the most delicate characters' construction. It's stylish and vibrant, subtle and full of feeling. And, by all means, offering the chance of two memorable performances for the excellent actors of that time, Margareta Pogonat and Cornel Coman.