Although not by far one of the best Romanin movies ever made, this nutty black comedy stands true to its own promises. The storyline gets lost somewhere in the second half, and the ending is positively anticlimactic. However, for about two thirds of the running time the social satire works well enough, with an almost ferocious sharpness, and the erotic content keeps remarcably tame, for a period when everybody supposed that cinematic freedom means plenty of full frontal nudes and explicit sex scenes. The author prefers to use the means of implicit suggestion, oscillating somewhere between decency and lack of courage.

Thankfully, the movie is saved by a great cast, made up of a few of the best Romanian actors, giving the full measure of their talent, and also a bunch of students and amateurs for the first time on screen. Skillful cinematography and a snappy editing, plus the great music score of the Nanu Bros, make up for many of the directing uncertainties. All in all, what it promises, it delivers - in a surprisingly coherent form, by comparison with all the pre-1989 Romanian productions.