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Director Lucian Pintilie

Writer Lucian Pintilie (Screenplay), Ion Luca Caragiale (Theatre Play)

Original Title De ce trag clopotele, Mitică?

Release Date September 26, 1981

Runtime 132 min (2h 12m)

Country Romania

Language RO

Budget N/A

Box Office N/A

Studios Casa de Filme Unu • Casa de Filme Cinci

Why Are the Bells Ringing, Mitica? (1981)

Name: Why Are the Bells Ringing, Mitica?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1981-09-26
Rating: 3.3

Directed by Lucian Pintilie

• Written by Lucian Pintilie , Ion Luca Caragiale

⭐ 3.3 / 5 (16 votes) ⏱️ 132 min 🎬 Comedy, Drama

Ratings Breakdown:

16 ratings

0.5 Stars 5.0 Stars

Synopsis

Based on a theatrical text by Romanian writer Ion Luca Caragiale (1852-1912), who was a bitter and funny witness of the turn-of-the-20th-century Romanian bourgeois mores, Carnival Scenes manages to preserve and further enhance the slightly hysteric atmosphere of his plays. Pintilie creates a strange combination of carnival scenes which is brought to the screen as a burlesque, fast-paced, screwball comedy with a meditative undertone. This film was banned in Romania for a decade until the death of Ceausescu in 1989 and was only released after the 1989 revolution.