She married a stranger to escape a dictatorship. The wedding singer slaps harder than the regime.
In the communist Romania of Nicolae Ceausescu, a young Romanian woman marries a German citizen just to leave the country.
Acting
Ioana Pavelescu's deadpan desperation could cut glass.
Direction
Tatos squeezes comedy from claustrophobic communist spaces.
Writing
Dialogue so dry you'll need water.
Director
Alexandru Tatos
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tatos had to smuggle the film out of Romania for its Cannes premiere; Ceausescu's censors only approved it because they missed the subtext.
This was one of the rare Romanian films to critique the regime through comedy rather than direct confrontation, influencing the 'Romanian New Wave' decades later.
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