Love Building (2013)
42KLove Building (2013). 1h 25m
“Love Building (2013) was directed by Iulia Rugina. Itu0026#39;s a quirky, unusual film that is a romantic comedy involving many couples. (Sort of like u0026quot;Love, Actually,u0026quot; but much, much better.)u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe movie has a unique history. The three lead actors run a private acting school in Bucharest. The course lasts four months. This particular class had about 30 students enrolled in it. After the course was over, the course directors hired a film director, and offered every student a chance to be in a movie. They shot the movie over a four-week period, with a budget of 50,000. (50,000 is very little, even by Romanian standards.)u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe basic plot is that the three leads are therapists–sort of–who teach at a camp designed to heal damaged love relationships. The students play the people who sign up for the course.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe script writers were excellent–the dialog sounds natural and unforced. The acting was even more impressive–the acting school must know how to teach what actors need to know. There wasnu0026#39;t a weak performance in the film.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is definitely a movie worth watching. Seek it out if it gets wider distribution. It will work well on the small screen.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWe saw the movie at its U.S. Premiere as part of the excellent series, u0026quot;Making Waves: New Romanian Cinemau0026quot; at The Film Society of Lincoln Center in Manhattan.”
