1992 · drama · satire
The Oak
Directed by Lucian Pintilie1h 45m1992
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.
Our read: The Oak (1992) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive drama · satire entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / satire, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
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