Sand Cliffs (1983)

Original title

Faleze de nisip

Directed by

Dan Pița

Genre

drama film

Country

Romania

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

AG

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This Romanian drama follows individuals struggling under a repressive regime. The story centers on their daily lives and the choices they make when faced with limited freedom.

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What happens

Sand Cliffs (Romanian: Faleze de Nisip) is a Romanian motion picture drama released in 1983 and banned four days after its première by the regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu. The film, adapted from the novel Zile de Nisip ("Days of sand") by Bujor Nedelcovici, was directed by Dan Pița, with dialogue and script by Bujor Nedelcovici and Dan Pița, cinematography by Vlad Păunescu, and a sound track composed by Adrian Enescu. Cast included Victor Rebengiuc, Marin Moraru, Gheorghe Visu, and Carmen Galin. Faleze de Nisip was screened in 1991 at the Berlin International Film Festival, in 1994 at Los Angeles, and was one of the three Romanian films to be shown in 2007 at the European Film Festival in Lima, Peru. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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