The Oak

The Oak

6.5IMDb Score
Released:1992-09-16
Duration:105 min
Director:Lucian Pintilie
Actors:Maia Morgenstern, Răzvan Vasilescu, Victor Rebengiuc, Dorel Vișan, Mariana Mihuț
Production:Parnasse Production, Les Films du Scarabée, mk2 Films

Overview:

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.

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