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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 like 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 at everything.
Theatrical
Oct 1, 1992
Budget
$3.7M
Director
Producers
Studio
Parnasse Production, Les Films du Scarabée, mk2 Films
Original Title
Balanţa
Original Language
RO
Keywords
Cast
Full credits →M
Maia Morgenstern
Nela
R
Răzvan Vasilescu
Mitica
V
Victor Rebengiuc
Village mayor
D
Dorel Vișan
Country Priest
M
Mariana Mihuț
Priest's wife
D
Dan Condurache
Prosecutor
M
Magda Catone
Mitica's assistant
G
Gheorghe Visu
Priest in the train
V
Virgil Andriescu
Truica
I
Ion Pavlescu
M
Matei Alexandru
Butusina
L
Leopoldina Bălănuță
Nela's mother
I
Ionel Mihăilescu
Titi
M
Marcel Iureș
D
Dorina Lazăr
V
Vasile Popa
A
Adrian Titieni
M
Mitică Iancu
M
Manuela Ciucur
B
Bogdan Uritescu
