A book. a character. and good performances. result - a film far by many expectations of large public. because it reflects the reality of other time. a story who seems too far by contemporary cinema. including art films. the simple life of an 16 years old young man in wood. friends, nice dialogues, melancholy, nature, a sort of Hungarian spirit reflection. and Levente Ilyes as Abel. for a middle age Romanian viewer, all is familiar. and that represents the source of seduction. sure, in same measure, it is a film reminding careers. like George Constantin career, "Abel in codru" being the last film for this great actor. in same measure, for the reader of the novel of Aron Tamasi, the film has the virtue to be a real good adaptation. and , not the last, the film is a slice of a perspective about life and duty and relations and role of words and faith from an age who works, maybe too well, as refuge for the public tired by the every day pressure, challenges, fake, lost of values, hypocritic details/facts. for me, not ignoring the errors and sins, it is just a fresh air. and a beautiful bridge to the early ages of my life.
