Balanţa (1992)

Title: The Oak
Original Title: Balanţa
Release Date: 1992-09-16
Status: Released
Rating: 6.6/10 (from 43 votes)
Language: RO
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Production Companies: Parnasse Production, Les Films du Scarabée, MK2 Films
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.
Cast

Maia Morgenstern
Nela

Răzvan Vasilescu
Mitica

Victor Rebengiuc
Village mayor

Dorel Vișan
Country Priest

Mariana Mihuț
Priest's wife

Dan Condurache
Prosecutor

Magda Catone
Mitica's assistant

Gheorghe Visu
Priest in the train

Virgil Andriescu
Truica

Ion Pavlescu