The Oak
1992•1h 45m•6.6•Released
ComedyDrama
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.
Director
Lucian Pintilie
Writer
Lucian Pintilie
Budget
$4M
Languages
Romanian
Studio
Parnasse Production
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
Ion Pavlescu
Matei Alexandru
Butusina
Leopoldina Bălănuță
Nela's mother
Ionel Mihăilescu
Titi
Marcel Iureș
Dorina Lazăr
Production
Company
Parnasse Production
Company
Les Films du Scarabée
Company
mk2 Films
Producer
Sylvain Bursztejn
Producer
Lucian Pintilie
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