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Filmul e veridic până la ultima sprânceană ridicată şi până la ultima virgulă. Regizorul-scenarist străpunge epiderma faptului mărunt şi ajunge la straturile profunde ale mentalului colectiv, la găurile din şvaiţerul naţional - epuizarea în nimicuri, răutatea gratuită, miopia faţă de adevăratele probleme.

Uproariously funny and bitingly critical of social hypocrisy before and after Ceausescu, this brilliant movie is easily the best in what, to judge by other regional films at Karlovy Vary, is a burgeoning and fertile effort to come to grips with post-Soviet malaise in Central and Eastern Europe - living proof that when it comes to politics, comedy is the sincerest form of dissidence.

(…) un burlesque légèrement dépressif, sans tartes à la crème, sans acrobaties, mais avec une science des gestes et des postures qui laisse espérer, si le réalisateur continue dans cette veine, un cinéma vraiment original.