It is a great film. I think you all should see it to learn a bit of Romania's history before 2nd World War. The film is based on the Marin Preda's (the greatest Romanian novelist who ever lived) novel having the same name. Although Preda wrote the second part of this novel, the film is only about the first part. The leading character is Ilie Moromete, a village habitant, a thinker, who loves to contemplate and think about his life and especially about his times of living, his country's history reflected on facts, not words. He nows very well how to turn any kind of situation in his favor and just loves to laugh on stupid peoples' mistakes and lack of knowledge, not as some kind of a joker, but with simple phrases, making the man to think about his gestures or behavior on certain situations. His family falls apart when his teenage sons (Achim, Nila and Paraschiv) run to Bucharest to escape the so called village prison and father's protective eye and to become men, to live on their own. His youngest son, Niculaie, has just one thought in his head: to go to school. His father doesn't offer him money because he always tells everyone his favorite line: "I d not have it ! What can I do ? I just don't have it !"