The Oak

Name: The Oak
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: January 22, 1993
Duration: 105 min
Cast: Alexandru Matei, Dan Condurache, Dorel Visan, Gheorghe Visu, Ion Pavlescu

1993

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MK2 Productions | Release Date: January 22, 1993 | Not Rated

Starring: Alexandru Matei, Dan Condurache, Dorel Visan, Gheorghe Visu, Ion Pavlescu, Maia Morgenstern, Mariana Mihut, Razvan Vasilescu, Victor Rebengiuc, Virgil Andriescu

Summary: A young schoolteacher named Nela embarks on a spiritual journey following the death of her father, a former government official, whose ashes she carries with her in a coffee jar. During her wanderings through grotesque and often violent surroundings, she meets Mitică. The couple, like Tristan and Isolde at the gates of the Orient, cannotA young schoolteacher named Nela embarks on a spiritual journey following the death of her father, a former government official, whose ashes she carries with her in a coffee jar. During her wanderings through grotesque and often violent surroundings, she meets Mitică. The couple, like Tristan and Isolde at the gates of the Orient, cannot pursue their love without disruption. A series of events – floods, pollution, Mitică’s arrest, military maneuvers and massacres – split up our heroes, and reveal a backdrop in which nothing works properly and everything seems to be falling apart.… Expand

Director: Lucian Pintilie

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 105 min

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Vincent Canby

Though Nela's is a spiritual journey, Mr. Pintilie dramatizes it in the bitter ways of social satire. The movie has the tempo of cabaret theater. It is wildly grotesque, shocking and sometimes very funny. The details are vivid. Read full review

William Repass

The film’s naïve utopianism is infectious, demanding that we live as though life were worth it in spite of all evidence to the contrary. Read full review

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