Look Ahead with Anger

Apr 4, 1993

1h 21m

★ 5.0

Overview

After the revolution of December 1989, Romania is in full transition. Incertainty and chaos have followed Ceausescu's downfall. Fane, a worker in a wharf on the river Danube, is a former dissident who was in involved in politically motivated uprisings. Now that he has achieved what he has fought for, he is unemployed and everything around him seems to fall to pieces. His whole family falls victim to the changes of the early 90s. His daughter prostitutes herself, his elder son ends up in prison and his younger son becomes a thief.

Genres

Drama

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Cast

Rotaru

Virgil Andriescu

Dimos

Gheorghe Dinică

Lucretia

Luminița Gheorghiu

Pasca

Ion Haiduc

Viorel

Cristian Iacob

Stefan Ciugudean

Remus Mărgineanu

Shipyard Head Ifrim

Petre Nicolae

Maths Teacher

Carmen Trocan

Vali

Simona Ciobanu

Stavros

Ștefan Sileanu

Nelu

Laurentiu Albu

Security Officer

Valentin Teodosiu

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