Known for Acting
Titi and Marius, two friends who fought together during the revolution of 1989, follow very different social and political paths in its aftermath.
A story of revolution, betrayal, corruption and wrongful imprisonment, as well as human character and strength while facing them.
After Alexandra's mother leaves on a business trip for a longer period of time, the 9-year-old girl and her father are forced to fend for themselves. But everything goes wrong, the house ends up empty and the school and work schedules are disrupted. Gradually, however, the father and little girl, who are not without goodwill, learn what order and discipline are.
Victor, an incisive journalist, discovers a series of irregularities in a State farming enterprise. His investigations will unmask the fraud committed by the person in charge of the wine section, called Bachus. Although aided by an impressive number of cronies, Bachus will not be able to hide forever infamous secret.
Dan is a kid whose existence is ravaged by family problems. His parents are divorced, and he is hopeful that they will reconcile.
MIhai, a young high school graduate, discovers serios problems in the factory where he just got hired, and gets in conflict with his step father, which is the director.
This is a film about love, crime of passion, revenge, happening in the Romanian countryside, late XIX century.
The movie describes the life of a former circus artist who earns his living from the presentation in villages and towns of a sensational number entitled "Sword Swallower".
A young girl, who keeps trying unsuccessfully to get into college, wins a large sum at the Lottery. She goes to Bucharest, to find herself.
Based on a theatrical text by Romanian writer Ion Luca Caragiale (1852-1912), who was a bitter and funny witness of the turn-of-the-20th-century Romanian bourgeois mores, Carnival Scenes manages to preserve and further enhance the slightly hysteric atmosphere of his plays. Pintilie creates a strange combination of carnival scenes which is brought to the screen as a burlesque, fast-paced, screwball comedy with a meditative undertone. This film was banned in Romania for a decade until the death of Ceausescu in 1989 and was only released after the 1989 revolution.
Communist activists have to let out steam due to increased pressure in their professional life.
This movie retells the story of a revenge that sweeps over the social and political events of the '40s. Because they sent her son to war and he never came back, his tough mother, Ecaterina Handraburu, decides to have her revenge on those who plotted to leave her heirless and grab her possessions.
