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Plot summary

By adapting the stories compiled by Ion Creangă under the famous title ‘Memories from Childhood,’ Elisabeta Bostan brings to the screen the most wonderful pages of Romanian children’s literature. On Christmas Eve, in his small house in the Țicău neighborhood of Iași, Ion Creangă, portrayed by the great actor Ștefan Ciubotărașu, nostalgically remembers his childhood spent in his native village Humulești, the mischief and adventures attributed in the book to the character Nică a lui Ștefan a Petrei. The boy’s performer, Ion Bocancea, shapes the character with captivating naturalness and candor. With his pranks and mischiefs, Nică attracted all the troubles of the world, always getting into the biggest scrapes, which he had to resolve himself.

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This premiere is part of a national archive project supported by the Romanian National Film Center.
Special thanks goes to the Romanian Filmmakers Union and to the Romanian Film Archive.