The Oak

Sep 16, 1992

1h 45m

★ 6.4

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Parnasse Production

Les Films du Scarabée

MK2 Films

The Oak Trailers

Cast

Nela

Maia Morgenstern

Mitica

Răzvan Vasilescu

Village mayor

Victor Rebengiuc

Country Priest

Dorel Vișan

Priest's wife

Mariana Mihuț

Prosecutor

Dan Condurache

Mitica's assistant

Magda Catone

Priest in the train

Gheorghe Visu

Truica

Virgil Andriescu

Ion Pavlescu

Butusina

Matei Alexandru

Nela's mother

Leopoldina Bălănuță

Guy Luthan, a British doctor working at a hospital in New York, starts making unwelcome enquiries when the body of a man who died in his emergency room disappears. After the trail leads Luthan to the door of an eminent surgeon at the hospital, Luthan soon finds himself in extreme danger people who want the hospital's secret to remain undiscovered.

6.1

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6.9

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Feb 5, 1988

Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the Soviet invasion occurs, all three flee to Switzerland. Sabina begins an affair, Tom continues womanizing, and Tereza, disgusted, returns to Czechoslovakia. Realizing his mistake, Tomas decides to chase after her.

7.0

Accident

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Three young man run in the rain with a borrowed car. The first accident, whose victim is a girl, gives the signal for a race through the city to escape the police crews. Race ends tragically, with another serious incident, even one victim is involved. The only way out is escape. The film shows the psychological transformation of fugitives, in their desperate attempt to evade the consequences and pressures of their conscience.

5.5

Itty Bitty Titty Committee

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7.5

The Crazy Stranger

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A man is looking for a singer he had heard on cassette. He finds much more.

6.4

You Are So Beautiful

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6.4

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2.0

I Love My Wife

Dec 21, 1970

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6.2

Monster-in-Law

May 13, 2005

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5.0

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7.4

Waves

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6.0

Meet Me in Holmsund

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8.5

Gaițele

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Provincial atmosphere. The conflicts, customs and morals of a family of merchants from Craiova unwittingly destroy the love and even the life of a vulnerable young girl through her naivety and romanticism.

6.2

A Mistake

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7.8

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6.2

Article 99

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6.9

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6.5

The Ugly Truth

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5.2

Breast Men

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