The Oak
Original title: Balanţa
Director
Lucian Pintilie
Screenplay
Lucian Pintilie
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.
Release
Sep 16, 1992
Budget
$4M
Country
Romania
Revenue
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Cast
Maia Morgenstern
Nela
Răzvan Vasilescu
Mitica
Victor Rebengiuc
Village mayor
Dorel Vișan
Country Priest
Mariana Mihuț
Priest's wife
Dan Condurache
Prosecutor
Magda Catone
Mitica's assistant
Gheorghe Visu
Priest in the train
Virgil Andriescu
Truica
Matei Alexandru
Butusina
Leopoldina Bălănuță
Nela's mother
Ionel Mihăilescu
Titi
Marcel Iureș
Dorina Lazăr
Vasile Popa
Mircea Anca
Adrian Titieni
Manuela Ciucur
Bogdan Uritescu
Alexandru Bindea
Boris Petroff
Eugenia Bosânceanu
Stelian Nistor
Oana Ștefănescu
Rada Istrate
Reviews
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