HELLO! HOW ARE YOU?

(Buna, Ce Faci?)

by Alexandru Maftei

Romania/Spain/Italy 2010, 105 min

Production: Rollin Studio Romania in Co-Production with ABS Film Company and Trees Pictures

When the longing for the unknown lets you rediscover your desires

Gabriel and Gabriela have been happily married for 20 years but their sexual desire for each other no longer exists. Is this all life has to offer? After having spent a couple of nights chatting with a stranger on the Internet, they both fall in love – not knowing they have actually found each other. The passionate arousal for the unknown complicates with the guilt for cheating on a lifetime partner. Even more confused is their adolescent and sexually very active son Vladimir, when he finds out that his parents also have desires. One day an encounter of the virtual lovers becomes inevitable...

Worldpremiere: Transilvanian Cluj IFF 2010

„Maftei‘s bitterweet romantic comedy feels like a breath of fresh air“

„His striking, always-inventive compositions find visual equivalents for the fog of love and frustration his characters feel“

„Reportedly the first Romanian comedy since 1990“ - Variety