Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Weekend with my Mother (2009)


Weekend with my Mother / Weekend cu mama (2009)

Genre: Drama
Director: Stere Gulea
Starring: Medeea Marinescu, Adela Popescu, Tudor Istodor, Ion Sapdaru
Duration: 87 min.
Rating: 7.0/10

Summary:
15 years ago, Luiza decided to make a fresh start in Spain. She left her 3-year-old daughter Cristina in the care of her relatives and took off. When she returns to Romania, the woman learns some shocking truths that were kept hidden from her: Cristina ran away from home, is a drug addict and has a 2-year-old girl who lives in an orphanage. Overwhelmed by guilt, Luiza attempts to save her daughter and thus redeem the mistakes of her youth. To do that, she's got a tight time frame: one weekend...


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Weekend with my Mother from Stere Gulea, an old-school director with his first film since 1996.  This one appears to have a higher budget than most of the current crop of films from Romania.  But as we know all too well, a big budget does not necessarily translate into a high quality film.  The polished lighting, picture, and sound cannot make up for the cliche filled story, one dimensional characters, and weak dialogue.        









2 comments:

Smile said...

Didn't know about it, Cristina looks good :)

The Angry Vegetarian said...

Great poster for it. I really want to see this. I love coming here and being exposed to all these films I've never seen or even heard of before. Thank you :)

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