Balanţa (1992)

Title: The Oak

Original Title: Balanţa

Release Date: 1992-09-16

Status: Released

Rating: 6.394/10 (from 47 votes)

Language: RO

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Production Companies: Parnasse Production, Les Films du Scarabée, MK2 Films

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.