A Romanian engineer builds dams to escape divorce trauma and accidentally builds a family instead.
A young man is taking hard his parents divorce and constant absence, so he decides to work on a hydro dam project. Here he finds some relatives that serve as a family.
Acting
Mălăile's Petru steals every scene with weary warmth.
Direction
Băleanu captures industrial beauty without propaganda.
Director
Andrei Cătălin Băleanu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Ceaușescu's early liberalization period, this escaped heavy propaganda demands unlike later Romanian cinema. The dam itself was a real construction site.
Horațiu Mălăile became Romania's most beloved comedian; this rare dramatic role terrified him. Cotescu was already famous for satire, making his straight performance here quietly subversive.
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