The movie
No Rest For The Old lady
The death of ‘old lady’ Smaranda, wife of the self-sufficient Emil , and confidante to Emil’s best friend/neighbour, the wheelchair-bound Titi has left a gaping hole in the eldeelderly men’s existences, which they try to fill in very different ways...
Length: 99 min
Country: Roemenië
Language spoken: Roemeens
Language subtitles: Engels
Cast: MIRCEA ANDREESCU, VALER DELLAKEZA, GABRIEL SPAHIU, SIMONA URS
Director: Andrei Gruzsniczki
Release date: 2021
Description
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The ‘old lady’ of the title is the deceased Smaranda, wife of the self-sufficient Emil (Mircea Andreescu), and confidante (and more?) to Emil’s best friend and neighbour, the wheelchair-bound Titi (Valer Dellakeza). Her death has left a gaping hole in the elderly men’s existences, which they try to fill in very different ways: Emil keeps himself busy
and assumes the role of Titi’s caretaker; Titi starts building his own coffin and withdraws further into himself. Titi’s problem? The ghost of Smaranda has moved in with him,
something the rationalist Emil rejects out of hand… Director Andrei Gruzsnicki’s tender ode to a querulous lifelong friendship.
The ‘old lady’ of the title is the deceased Smaranda, wife of the self-sufficient Emil (Mircea Andreescu), and confidante (and more?) to Emil’s best friend and neighbour, the wheelchair-bound Titi (Valer Dellakeza). Her death has left a gaping hole in the elderly men’s existences, which they try to fill in very different ways: Emil keeps himself busy
and assumes the role of Titi’s caretaker; Titi starts building his own coffin and withdraws further into himself. Titi’s problem? The ghost of Smaranda has moved in with him,
something the rationalist Emil rejects out of hand… Director Andrei Gruzsnicki’s tender ode to a querulous lifelong friendship.
