Constantin and Elena

Constantin and Elena

"With one eye I cry, with the other, I laugh."

2009 · 97 min · ★ 6.5 · Documentary

An elderly couple enjoy life but grieve over the finiteness of it all. This love story tells itself in images, and the filmmaker, also the couple's grandson, keeps himself invisible.

Directed by Andrei Dăscălescu

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