A description of Romania before Ceausescu's downfall, through the story of Nela. Daughter of a former colonel of the Securitate, the romanian political police. She refused to become like her sister, an agent of this Securitate, and lives with her father. After he died, she leaves Bucharest, and ends up in a little town, where she meets Mitica, a surgeon, another herself, laughing at everything.

Credits

Lucian PintilieDirector

Maia MorgensternNela

Răzvan VasilescuMitica

Victor RebengiucVillage mayor

Dorel VișanCountry Priest