Niki and Flo (2003)

• Year: 2003
• Released: 02 Mar 2012
• Country: France, Romania
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• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368078/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/niki_and_flo
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• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: Romanian
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• Genre: Drama
• Runtime: 99 min
• Writer: Cristi Puiu, Razvan Radulescu
• Director: Lucian Pintilie
• Cast: Victor Rebengiuc, Razvan Vasilescu, Coca Bloos
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	7.4/10
	67% – Critics
	67% – Audience

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Pintilie at his best

“Nicky Ardelean – retired colonel” is perhaps one of the best movies that Pintilie had ever made. He brilliantly succeeds to dissect the Romanian realities with a pinching and malicious sense of humor. Perhaps not an easy movie, coming from an uneasy director, but a must see for movie lovers.

revolt against control

Director Lucian Pintilie’s film describes the revolt of a simple man against the forces that take control on his life. The hero is a retired army officer in the period of transition of Romani from the Communist rule to democracy. As many aged people during these times he loses a lot in position and material situation, and is too aged to adapt and start building something from zero. His last resort is the family, but his home and family is also slowly decomposing under the pressure of the times. His elder son dies in a stupid home accident (the film starts with his funeral), than his only other child, a daughter moves to America in the search of a better material life. His life seems to fall under the control of his in-law, a mercantile and much better adapted man, who slowly seems to deprive him not only of his children, but also of his pride and human dignity. The violent end is unexpected, although typical for the Pintilie’s movies, but if you look back and reflect on what you’ve seen on screen, everything before was a logical building of the end. Victor Rebengiuc is magnificent in the lead role. It’s not the best movie of Pintilie but it’s a film not to miss.

Valuable piece of art

Certainly, mister Pintilie has his little “things” that could bother (like unnecessary nudity), but they are worth overlooking.

I, at the very opposite end of the previous commenter, enjoyed the movie a lot, and see no reason why a personal dislike such as the one offered above should be the only comment, so… here goes: The plot unfolds quite clearly, in my opinion, as the movie begins with one of the Ardelean children (Mihai) dieing an absurd death. The burial ritual is constantly perturbed by the odd future in-law Florian, and this in only the beginning. As the movie carries on, we see how gradually everything is taken away from Niki by his opponent, Flo: his other daughter (married to Flo’s son) – including the right to see her off to the airport, the Easter holidays, the right to argue on different political matters, the furniture, his daughter’s wedding, and in the end his dignity (as the poster should very well indicate).

True enough, all this is done quite subtly, and to an impatient person it might seem unsubstantial or otherwise boring. But if you care about seeing something very human and quite deep, do watch this movie closely.

And in the end, Niki does get revenge! 😉