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Oak, The

 

aka: Balanta
France / Romania 1992, 105 minutes
Dir. Lucian Pintilie
In Romanian with English subtitles
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama

Topics: Politics.

 

Aroview: Provocative director Pintilie strikes the perfect balance of surreal comedy and powerful realism as he examines the progressive disillusionment of a schoolteacher as she leaves the city for a rural life under the anarchic dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu.

NZ International Film Festival 1993

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