Cristina, an ethnic-Hungarian actress of average talent living in România, is followed every day when she leaves the theatre where she's rehearsing Chekhov's 'Three Sisters'. But it isn't some smelly, wild-eyed obsessive following her: luckily it's the charming, hunky young Rafael, a poverty-stricken boxer fifteen years Cristina's junior, who has fallen for her. At first Cristina tells him to get lost, but gradually becomes intrigued and agrees to go for coffee.
The message is slightly dodgy: pester a woman long enough and eventually she'll give in. And I could have done with fewer or shorter scenes both of Cristina's rehearsals and of Rafael's training (but a few shots of him in the shower wouldn't have gone amiss!) In many respects the film is predictable (you will not be surprised by what Rafael's new boss asks him to do just prior to a fight). But the two leads (Hilda Peter and Rafael Florea) are engaging, the "will-they-won't-they?" aspect doesn't feel too forced and director Florin Şerban ends the film at just the right point. I'd watch it again.
The message is slightly dodgy: pester a woman long enough and eventually she'll give in. And I could have done with fewer or shorter scenes both of Cristina's rehearsals and of Rafael's training (but a few shots of him in the shower wouldn't have gone amiss!) In many respects the film is predictable (you will not be surprised by what Rafael's new boss asks him to do just prior to a fight). But the two leads (Hilda Peter and Rafael Florea) are engaging, the "will-they-won't-they?" aspect doesn't feel too forced and director Florin Şerban ends the film at just the right point. I'd watch it again.