Synopsis
A description of Romania before Ceausescu's downfall, through the story of Nela. Daughter of a former colonel of the Securitate, the romanian political police. She refused to become like her sister, an agent of this Securitate, and lives with her father. After he died, she leaves Bucharest, and ends up in a little town, where she meets Mitica, a surgeon, another herself, laughing at everything.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
58 audience votes
Key crew
- Lucian PintilieWriter
- Lucian PintilieDirector
Cast
- Maia MorgensternNela
- Răzvan VasilescuMitica
- Victor RebengiucVillage mayor
- Dorel VișanCountry Priest
- Mariana MihuțPriest's wife
- Dan ConduracheProsecutor
- Magda CatoneMitica's assistant
- Gheorghe VisuPriest in the train
- Virgil AndriescuTruica
- Ion PavlescuCast
- Matei AlexandruButusina
- Leopoldina BălănuțăNela's mother
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Themes
surgeonromaniacommunist party