Why Are the Bells Ringing, Mitica?
1981 · Movie · 119 min. · Romania
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.
Direction Lucian Pintilie
Cast Victor Rebengiuc · Mariana Mihut · Petrica Gheorghiu · Tora Vasilescu · Gheorghe Dinica · Mircea Diaconu · Florin Zamfirescu
Screenplay Lucian Pintilie · Ion Luca Caragiale
Cinematography Florin Mihailescu
Original title De ce trag clopotele, Mitica? (Why Are the Bells Ringing, Mitica?)
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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