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The Mill of Good Luck (1955)

The Mill of Good Luck poster
Original title
La 'Moara cu noroc'
Directed by
Victor Iliu
Genre
drama film
Country
Romania
Runtime
1h 50m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man runs a roadside mill and tavern, hoping for a better life for his family. He becomes entangled with a dangerous local outlaw and faces a moral choice that brings tragic consequences.

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What happens

The Mill of Good Luck (Romanian: La 'Moara cu noroc') is a 1955 Romanian drama film directed by Victor Iliu. It was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. It is a version of the novella Moara cu noroc ("The lucky mill"), published in the collection Nuvele din popor (1881) by Ioan Slavici. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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