A little patience is required from the viewer who decides to spend two hours in the cinema hall to see. Dream, the latest film from director Catalin Căzescu. It is not necessary to wait for the delicious appearance of Serhii Mizil, who is not bad at all, when he has to play the prisoner Fane Meretz, or when a little later he metamorphoses into Thisbe. And not to see it again, otherwise Iryna Margareta Nistor is always present, who plays here the role of a self-sufficient and complacent critic, ready to decide that what she just saw on stage can be summed up with an exclamation. What a concept! An opportunity for a director to combine his voice with the many other voices that critics have entertained throughout the history of theater and film. That’s right, in this case, the concept is just a product of chance that prevents escape, so the satire is justified. A metamorphosed failure or simply perceived as a success will allow director Catalin Saizescu to add something to the emotional, human part of his film. A piece that represents what Rabelais would call la substantiveque moelle production That is, a panegyric of the theater. The eulogy, which begins with a memory of the Christmas holidays in freedom, continues with the presentation of the famous scene of artisans from A midsummer night’s dream Shakespeare and ends with a scene of applause, in which the actors, people sentenced to hard years of imprisonment, look for and find their relatives in the hall. And they also know how to pay tribute to Oleksiy, good as warm bread, an actor of the provincial theater, who until then was not very lucky neither in art nor in love.

So, Alex, a role that fits Vlad Logigan like a glove, his evolution is absolutely flawless, worked for some time in the theater, where, according to him, it would be good. It’s just that our Oleksii doesn’t play much, most often his name appears on the bulletin board only as a spare. Alex is ignored by the bored, blissful and self-satisfied director (George Ivascu), who clearly prefers Bohdan, a superstar from the Capital (Adrian Nartea). Hence the terrible revenge of a humiliated and ignored artist, a revenge that goes far beyond traditional farces, which are also the salt and pepper of the theater world. The manager of the theater (Magda Katone) treats Alex with condescension and almost motherly feelings, but the Fireman (Vitaly Bantash) neglects him. His former college colleagues (Florin Pirsik Jr.) barely remember him. And when they do, they do so in a way that emphasizes his initial inferiority complex. Alex’s love life is also not quite K, quite another – the desire of the frivolous Carmen (Giorgiana Saizescu), with whom he lives for some time. It’s just that the above-mentioned coexistence seems to have failed in the eternal disputes about who and how contributes to the payment of rent and other hangars.

Maybe out of boredom, maybe to do some work tasks or for create rules Alex goes somewhere to Rakhov to direct several prisoners who will form a theater troupe. What should develop at the festival. He is kindly received by the beautiful girl who runs the prison (Gloria Gaytan), and a little later this reception will have certain consequences. Sentimental. At first, the prisoners look at Alex indifferently, even with hostility. That is, those named Gutuye (Nikodem Ungurianu), Flaut (Silviu Mircescu), Botishore (Vlad Darius Krechan), Blanda (Mirce Drumbarianu), Fundula (Stefan Lupu). But everything changes to a certain extent when Fane Meresh wants, asks to be Thisbe. Only our Alexei waves and throws. But the germ, the disease has already caught on. These prisoners feel that the theater can give them at least a little inner freedom, that it gives them the possibility of rehabilitation in the eyes of their own family. What, as Oleksiy will tell them, unexpectedly coming into the hall, after lowering the curtain, the audience will remember them not as prisoners, but as actors. Actors in law.

The scene of the masters, as it appears in the film, causes a huge laugh, is liked by critics, and the director of the theater, and the head of the penitentiary administration (Nicolae Pohirk). I liked it too, it even reminded me Pyramus and Thisbe 4van important show by Aleksandr Dabija about ten years ago._ Read the full article and comment on Contributors.ro