An uncompromising journalist obsessed with the idea of absolute justice ends up committing suicide after reading his father's biography. Based on three novels by Camil Petrescu.
Acting
Adrian Pintea's unraveling is painful perfection.
Writing
Camil Petrescu's philosophical density, barely tamed.
Director
Șerban Marinescu
Adrian Pintea
Gelu Ruscanu
Ştefan Iordache
Șerban Saru-Sinești
Gheorghe Visu
N.D. Velescu
Marcel Iureș
Dinu Dorcea
Ovidiu Ghiniță
George Demetru Ladima
Mariana Mihuț
Nora
Irina Petrescu
Irena
Julieta Szönyi
Mrs. T.
Șerban Cantacuzino
Tudorel Filimon
Valentin Uritescu
Penciulescu
Ștefan Velniciuc
Bujor Macrin
Petre Boruga
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released months before Romania's revolution, this was among the last films approved by Ceaușescu's censors—its despair somehow slipped through.
Marcel Iureș, playing Dinu, would become Romania's most internationally recognized actor; this early role shows the intensity that later seduced Hollywood.
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