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Set in 1899, this poetic, visually evocative period drama is a story about one man's acceptance of middle age in the face of a longing for a younger companion. Dr. Codrescu (George Motoi) arrives in a town he used to know well and makes the acquaintance of Adela (Marina Procopie), a winsome young divorcee who had been a child the last time he saw her. Codrescu is over 40, and although he has several chances to approach Adela with romance as an objective, he backs down each time. Meanwhile, his good friend Tuliu Dragan (Stefan Sileanu) is around to keep him company -- they were buddies in the army together. To complicate matters, Dragan has an on-going relationship with Adela's attractive mother. This drama won the Grand Prix at the 1985 San Remo Film Festival.