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Why Are the Bells Ringing, Mitica? (1981)

Name: Why Are the Bells Ringing, Mitica?
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 2020-06-29
Duration: 2 hr 12 min
Rating: 58
Cast: Victor Rebengiuc, Mariana Mihuț, Tora Vasilescu, Gheorghe Dinică, Petre Gheorghiu

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NR 2 hr 12 minSep 26th, 1981Drama, Comedy

Based on a theatrical text by Romanian writer Ion Luca Caragiale (1852-1912), who was a bitter and funny witness of the turn-of-the-20th-century Romanian bourgeois mores, Carnival Scenes manages to preserve and further enhance the slightly hysteric atmosphere of his plays. Pintilie creates a strange combination of carnival scenes which is brought to the screen as a burlesque, fast-paced, screwball comedy with a meditative undertone. This film was banned in Romania for a decade until the death of Ceausescu in 1989 and was only released after the 1989 revolution.

StarringVictor RebengiucMariana MihuțTora Vasilescu

DirectorLucian Pintilie

WriterIon Luca Caragiale

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