In New Year's Eve night, an emergency team is called to fix a tram power line. One member is missing though, he is involved in a DUI.
Acting
Dan Nuțu's drunken desperation feels uncomfortably lived-in.
Direction
Corjos turns bureaucratic failure into tragic inevitability.
Cinematography
Snow-choked Bucharest streets become a character of frozen hope.
Director
Nicolae Corjos
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during Ceaușescu's tightening grip, the film's bureaucratic nightmare subtly critiques state infrastructure collapse without explicit political statement.
Horațiu Mălăele, playing youngest brother Titișor, would become Romania's most beloved comedian—this rare dramatic role shows his range before fame.
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