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Why Are the Bells Ringing, Mitica?

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.

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Top Cast

  • Victor Rebengiuc

    Victor Rebengiuc

    Pampon

  • Mariana Mihuț

    Mariana Mihuț

    Mita Baston

  • Tora Vasilescu

    Tora Vasilescu

    Didina Mazu

  • Gheorghe Dinică

    Gheorghe Dinică

    Nae

  • Petre Gheorghiu

    Petre Gheorghiu

    Crăcănel

  • Mircea Diaconu

    Mircea Diaconu

    Iordache

  • Ştefan Iordache

    Ştefan Iordache

    Mitica

  • Florin Zamfirescu

    Florin Zamfirescu

  • Ștefan Bănică

    Ștefan Bănică

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.

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