The Graduates (1986)

Original title

Liceenii

Directed by

Nicolae Corjos

Genre

comedy film

Country

Romania

Runtime

1h 36m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A provincial teenager named Mihai moves to Bucharest and falls for Dana, a talented chess player. His infatuation causes him to neglect his schoolwork as their relationship faces various challenges.

lightheartedromanticbittersweetgentleearthyupbeatnostalgicplayful

What happens

The Graduates (Romanian: Liceenii) is a 1986 Romanian coming-of-age film directed by Nicolae Corjos. It tells the story of Mihai (Ștefan Bănică Jr.), a provincial who attends a high school in Bucharest, and Dana (Oana Sîrbu), an accomplished chess player. Eventually, Mihai's attraction to Dana leads him to neglect his studies in favor of pursuing her. Their romance will be full of naturalness, but it will go through many trials. Along with the young performers, other well-directed roles belong to actors Ion Caramitru and Tamara Buciuceanu, who play the idealistic history teacher, the class teacher, called "Socrates" by the students, and the strict math teacher nicknamed "Isoscel", respectively. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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