After the war, in Bucharest, a young Romanian poet arrested for having written an article denouncing Stalinist crimes, will save his life by accepting to become a hostage of the regime.
Acting
Johan Leysen's silent breakdowns speak volumes.
Direction
Mihăileanu turns paperwork into psychological torture.
Director
Radu Mihăileanu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mihăileanu based the screenplay on actual Securitate files of persecuted Romanian writers.
Released months after the 1989 revolution, it was one of the first films to openly examine communist repression—audiences reportedly wept in theaters.
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