Communist Romania's bureaucratic nightmare: one man, infinite headaches, zero hydropower.
The director of a hydropower plant has to deal with conflicts between his subordinates, pressure from the majors and complications in his own personal life.
Acting
Gheorghe Dinică's volcanic Grozea steals every scene he's in
Direction
Munteanu's claustrophobic framing traps you in bureaucracy
Writing
Dialogue so authentically petty you'll need cigarette breaks
Director
Francisc Munteanu
Gheorghe Cozorici
Mihai Borza
Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan
Zaharia
Gheorghe Dinică
Grozea
Jean Constantin
Gică
Mircea Diaconu
Ion Panait
Stela Popescu
Gina Săceanu
Diana Lupescu
Stela
Constantin Diplan
Inspectorul
Ion Marinescu
Secoșan
Cristina Deleanu
Soția lui Borza
Enikõ Szilágyi
Reportera
Sebastian Papaiani
Maistrul faianțar
Amza Pellea
Ministrul
Zoltán Vadász
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during the Ceaușescu era's final years, the film smuggled pointed critique past censors by appearing to celebrate socialist labor while depicting its spiritual bankruptcy. The hydropower plant was real and notoriously troubled.
Gheorghe Cozorici was Romania's most respected stage actor; this rare leading film role came when he was already ill, lending Borza's weariness unsettling authenticity. He died two years later.
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