26 Dec 1996
Children of the Revolution
A man (Richard Roxburgh) the Australian government blames for 1990s political woes blames his mother (Judy Davis), a communist Stalin seduced in 1951.
Look Ahead with Anger
After the revolution of December 1989, Romania is in full transition. Incertainty and chaos have followed Ceausescu's downfall. Fane, a worker in a wharf on the river Danube, is a former dissident who was in involved in politically motivated uprisings. Now that he has achieved what he has fought for, he is unemployed and everything around him seems to fall to pieces. His whole family falls victim to the changes of the early 90s. His daughter prostitutes herself, his elder son ends up in prison and his younger son becomes a thief.
Top Billed Cast
Virgil Andriescu Rotaru
Gheorghe Dinică Dimos
Luminița Gheorghiu Lucretia
Ion Haiduc Pasca
Cristian Iacob Viorel
Remus Mărgineanu Stefan Ciugudean
Petre Nicolae Shipyard Head Ifrim
Carmen Trocan Maths Teacher
Simona Ciobanu Vali
Ștefan Sileanu Stavros
Laurentiu Albu Nelu
Valentin Teodosiu Security Officer
Ion Anghel Shipyard Worker Gurita
Valeriu Arnăutu Colonel Rozorea
Alexandru Bindea Former Security Guard
Mirela Bucur 
Dumitru Chesa Constantin Duțu 
Tudorel Filimon Gypsy Driver
Lucia Maier
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