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The Oak

The Oak

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 16, 1992

Runtime

1h 45m

Genres

Comedy, Drama

User Score

66%

Original Title

Balanţa

Production Companies

Parnasse Production, Les Films du Scarabée, MK2 Films

Director

Lucian Pintilie

Budget

$3,700,000

Description

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 Bucharest, and ends up in a little town, where she meets Mitica, a surgeon, another herself, laughing of everything.