Why Are the Bells Ringing, Mitica?

Name: Why Are the Bells Ringing, Mitica?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1981-09-26
Duration: 132 min
Cast: Victor Rebengiuc, Mariana Mihuț, Tora Vasilescu, Gheorghe Dinică, Petre Gheorghiu

Original title: De ce trag clopotele, Mitică?

1981
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2h 12m

★ 6.6 TMDB Rating · 16 votes

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.

Director: Lucian Pintilie
Release date: Sep 26, 1981
Original language: Romanian
Origin: Romania