Constantin and Elena have been married for 54 years. Their simple life in a small picturesque village in Romania is literally a bitter sweet love story. Beautifully shot, the film warmly contemplates the elderly couples’ life. Beauty lies in their simple, artless, and ancestral life.
Introducing a profound documentary film that beautifully captures the life of an older couple, Constantin and Elena, living in a Romanian country village, happily sticking to the old ways. The loving pair stays behind in their country village providing a warm resting place for the family members that have left home and through neighbors and family, the director shows us a complete picture of their daily life. Although Constantin and Elena share their story in a natural and relaxed manner, it becomes apparent the director must have experienced a hard time gaining their trust. The camera never gets in the way of the couple and in fact the two sometimes wander outside the frame, but this only adds to the realness of the film, making it more engaging. In the end, Constantin and Elena is a film about a husband and wife and their 56-year-marriage that is full of anecdotes that should resonate with everyone, regardless of age or where you’re from. The film will cause you to think about where you might be in the future and will have you thinking about love, dreams, death and the exciting journey that is life. (Moon Hyun sik)
2008 International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, First Appearnace Award
2008 Transilvania International Film Festival, Best Debut Award
Andrei Dascalescu
Born in 1984, Romania. He graduated Film University in Bucharest, Editing and Sound class. He worked as editor and sound engineer on many films, including Francis Ford Coppola's Youth Without Youth. He produced and directed FLY (07) a 2-minute short, selected in 13 film festivals and awarded 2 times. Constantin and Elena is his feature film debut.
Andrei Dascalescu
