The Oak
A darkly humourous parable set in Romania 1988, just before the fall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Young schoolteacher Nela (Maia Morgenstern) 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 just might change her view of the future...
Year: 1992
Genre: Drama, Eastern European Cinema
Country: France, Romania
Director: Lucian Pintilie
Starring: Maia Morgenstern, Razvan Vasilescu
Duration: 100 Minutes
Rating: R13
Subtitles: Yes
8.2/10
Location in store: Foreign (Eastern Europe)
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