De ce trag clopotele, Mitică? (1981)

Run Time: 2h12m | Release: 26 Sep 1981

Genres: Comedy | Drama |

Production Countries: Romania

5.8 / 1010 Vote Count

Overview:

Based on a theatrical text by Romanian writer Ion Luca Caragiale (1852-1912), who was a bitter and funny witness of the turn-of-the-20th-century Romanian bourgeois mores, Carnival Scenes manages to preserve and further enhance the slightly hysteric atmosphere of his plays. Pintilie creates a strange combination of carnival scenes which is brought to the screen as a burlesque, fast-paced, screwball comedy with a meditative undertone. This film was banned in Romania for a decade until the death of Ceausescu in 1989 and was only released after the 1989 revolution.