Concert din Muzica de Bach by Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu
What an intriguing, odd name- Hortensia Papadat Bengescu.
Even if she is rather famous and appreciated where I am, this morning I was on the point of abandoning the Concert.
And then, doctor Rim entered the stage and he changed my decision, making me stay with a rather long adaptation of the novel…two hours and forty minutes long!
Doctor Rim is played by the actor who keeps showing up in my notes and memories.
The one who acts as a kind of a role-model, through the…roles he played.
George Constantin is not only the best actor I know- I came to the conclusion that for various reasons, he did not have to act in The Bucket List, like the other giant I knew- Jack Nicholson.
He is also a giant that with his halo, karma, charm and I do not know what else sends a message, an encouragement for the listener to be wiser, braver, kinder, more majestic and much more.
In this adapted version of the Concerto, doctor Rim is an interesting character.
The main part of him is negative though- he is in love with an eighteen year old and pretends to be very sick and suffering in order to keep her in the house, to take care of him.
Sia is the name of the eighteen year old, who steals from the house whatever she can get her hands on.
Lica is the father of Sia and another personage with plenty of mischievous plans and schemes, which are put into action.
His daughter is placed in the house of doctor Rim with bad intentions and later on, he gets involved with a princess, with whom he misbehaves.
The so-called affair between Rim and Sia, apart from a strange Asian flavor, given to it by the weird, eastern sounding names, has some odd echoes near home.
Since I have only a financial relationship with my “spouse” I tend to watch younger women and dream about romantic escapades, so I see myself in Rim.
Lica starts an adventure in a way that makes one think of the Hollywood productions:
On the street, he is hit by a couch, but he is good with horses and controls him, without being harmed.
In the couch, we find princess Ada and prince Maxentiu.
Ada and Maxentiu have some kind of an interested association, where she has the money and he has an aristocratic title.
Ada is impressed by the handsome Lica and goes searching for him on Victory Avenue, where I go every day, but only to find a very different landscape and population from what was there 100 years ago.
When the two meet, the rich lady wants to hire the young man as the head of her stables.
This causes frictions with the husband, who, even if not in love with his wife anymore, wants to be spared the humiliation of having her lover present all the time under their roof.
However, Lica is not the type of man to respect a set program and obey orders, so he is soon out of the door.
As you have gathered, the plot is thick and the story may catch your attention.
It is not one of my favorites and if it weren’t for the surprise casting of George Constantin, I would have passed on nearly three hours of hard to follow events.
As I look back at the Concerto, I think it resembles a soap opera in a way, even if it much more meaningful worthier than a Televised novella.
I liked it, in conclusion.