The Oak (1992) ( Le chêne ) ( Balanta )

The Oak (1992) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Le chêne
Alternate Title: Balanta
Screened, competed or awarded at:
European Film Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Romanian ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1992 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Romania ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Lucian Pintilie

Written By:
Ion Baiesu
Lucian Pintilie

Actors:
Maia Morgenstern ..... Nela
Razvan Vasilescu ..... Mitica
Victor Rebengiuc ..... Village mayor
Dorel Visan ..... Country Priest
Ion Pavlescu ..... Priest's wife
Mariana Mihut ..... Priest in the train
Gheorghe Visu ..... Prosecutor
Dan Condurache ..... Nela's father
Virgil Andriescu ..... Butusina
Matei Alexandru ..... Nela's mother
Leopoldina Balanuta ..... Mitica's assistant
Magda Catone ..... Titi
Ionel Mihailescu
Dorina Lazar
Vasile Popa

Synopsis:

It's 1989, in Romania, just before the fall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, and the priviliged Nela is about to learn the hard truth about her family, her government and her life. Nela has always adored her father, a political hardliner, but after his death she gradually discovers that he wasn't the hero she believed him to be. But even if she's lost her rosy vision of the past, she's about to meet someone who might change her view of the future

Lucian Pintilie wrote this dramatic tale of a woman who travels through Romania on a journey to bury her father's ashes, while the countryside lapses into chaos during the final days of the Ceausescu regime.

A description of Romania before Ceausescu's downfall, through the story of Nela. Daughter of a former colonel of the Securitate...

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 16 July, 2010.

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