Underplayed Gems

Silent Wedding (2008)

Silent Wedding poster
Original title
Nunta mută
Directed by
Horațiu Mălăele
Genre
drama film, comedy film
Country
Romania, France, Luxembourg
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
12
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 86 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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In 1953, a young couple in Romania is forced to cancel their wedding celebration because Joseph Stalin has just died. Instead, the guests decide to hold the party in complete silence to avoid the attention of the occupying Red Army.

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What happens

Silent Wedding (Romanian: Nunta mută) is a 2008 Romanian comedy-drama film about a young couple who was about to celebrate their marriage in 1953, but they were ordered to desist by the occupying Red Army and Communist authorities because the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin had died the night before. Since they could not openly celebrate, the wedding-goers try to party in silence. It was directed by Horațiu Mălăele. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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