Beyond the Sands

Bad luck and bad judgment follow two generations of men in this Rumanian tragedy set in the World War II era Ion Dan Nutu seeks to find out why many years ago his father was falsely accused of being a communist an accusation which led to his execution He discovers that his fathers mistress now married to a wealthy man made the accusation for money as she was deathly afraid of poverty Ions own girlfriend seems to be similarly concerned about issues of livelihood and abandons him for a richer suitor Frustrated and angry he burns down these couples houses and takes up with some anticommunist arms smugglers