Released:
2003-11-21

Overview:
When a child steals candles from the cemetery, in order to provide some light means for his family sheltered into a damp basement of a block of flats, this circumstance can say a lot about the sufferance imposed by transition period of time in Romania. This child is one of the seven that Maria has got. She is a 33 years old ordinary woman, whose husband (Ion) is unemployed and has become a drunkard and violently acting, maybe because of his despairing and lack of prospective.

Director:
Călin Peter Netzer

Runtime:
1h 37min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Diana Dumbravă
  as
  Maria
• 
  Horațiu Mălăele
  as
  Milco
• 
  Şerban Ionescu
  as
  Ion
• 
  Luminița Gheorghiu
  as
  Maia
• 
  Rona Hartner
  as
  Nuti