The Oak
Balantaby Lucian Pintilie1h401992Romania
Recommended byCorneliu Porumboiu, Nicole Garcia, Michael Haneke
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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 as her sister, an agent of this Securitate, and lives with her father. After he died, she leaves Bucarest, and ends up in a little town, where she meets Mitica, a surgeon, another herself, laughing of everything.
Credits
- Production Compagny : MK2 Productions, Parnasse Production, Les Films du Scarabée, Studio of Cinematographic Creation of the Romanian Ministry of Culture
- Distributor : MK2 Productions
- Director : Lucian Pintilie
- Scenario : Lucian Pintilie
- Producer : Lucian Pintilie, Sylvain Bursztejn, Eliane Stutterheim
- Original Work Author : Ion Baiesu
- Photo Director : Doru Mitran
- Editing : Victorita Nae
- Set Decoration : Calin Papura
- Costume Design : Svetlana Mihailescu
Technical details
- Printed format :
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1992
- French release date : 16 septembre 1992
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Colors
- Language : Romanian
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