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The Oak

Balanta (Le chêne) (AKA The Oak)

1992

Lucian Pintilie

Maia Morgenstern, Răzvan Vasilescu, Victor Rebengiuc, Dorel Visan ...

6.4

105

Drama 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.

	Media	Author	Review
		William Repass Slant	"And, like laughter, the film’s naïve utopianism is infectious, demanding that we live as though life were worth it in spite of all evidence to the contrary (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

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