The Afternoon of a Torturer

Apr 17, 2002

1h 16m

★ 7.0

Overview

A young journalist interviews a man who was a torturer during the early days of the communist regime in Romania.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Filmex

YMC Productions

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Cast

Frant Tandara

Gheorghe Dinică

The professor

Radu Beligan

The journalist

Ioana Ana Macaria

Frant's wife

Coca Bloos

The commissar

Dorina Chiriac

The Aunt

Cristina Agachi

Ticuta

Șerban Pavlu

Frant as a child

Marius Radu

The Father

Florin Roata

Frant's Sister

Loredana Stefan

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