Italiencele (2004)

Italiencele (2004). 1h 22m

“Set in todayu0026#39;s rural Romania, a culture that seems to resist change despite the provocations of recent history, u0026#39;The Italian Girlsu0026#39; tells the tale of 2 young women who decide they will find a better life picking strawberries in Spain.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is a wonderful social comedy. u0026#39;The Italian Girlsu0026#39; is a touching film that avoids sentimentality and a political film that avoids extremism or earnestness. The writer/director, Napoleon Helmis has a light touch and a gift for dialogue. The cast create a world that is both real and comic, held together by Mara Nicolescuu0026#39;s (Jeni) spirited central performance.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI laughed and I cried during the film and when I left the cinema I was moved enough to look it up on IMDb and write a review about it! A new cinema with old values seems to be emerging out of Romania, and Napoleon Helmis is definitely one to watch.”