The read
It runs a compact 1h 21m.
Synopsis
After the revolution of December 1989, Romania is in full transition. Incertainty and chaos have followed Ceausescu's downfall. Fane, a worker in a wharf on the river Danube, is a former dissident who was in involved in politically motivated uprisings. Now that he has achieved what he has fought for, he is unemployed and everything around him seems to fall to pieces. His whole family falls victim to the changes of the early 90s. His daughter prostitutes herself, his elder son ends up in prison and his younger son becomes a thief.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
8 audience votes
Key crew
- Nicolae MărgineanuDirector
- Petre SălcudeanuWriter
- Petru MărgineanuOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Virgil AndriescuRotaru
- Gheorghe DinicăDimos
- Luminița GheorghiuLucretia
- Ion HaiducPasca
- Cristian IacobViorel
- Remus MărgineanuStefan Ciugudean
- Petre NicolaeShipyard Head Ifrim
- Carmen TrocanMaths Teacher
- Simona CiobanuVali
- Ștefan SileanuStavros
- Laurentiu AlbuNelu
- Valentin TeodosiuSecurity Officer
Themes
revolutioncommunismromania