THE OAK

San Sebastián 1992

Directed by: Lucian Pintilie
Country: Romania, France
Year: 1992
Length: 115 minutes
Genre: drama

Bucharest, 1988, before the fall of Ceauşescu. After the death of her father, Nela leaves Bucharest after she receives a post in a school in a provincial town. Here she she meets Mitică, a surgeon in the local hospital. As herself, he too laughs of the absurdities of the society surrounding them.