
Overview
When a child steals candles from the cemetery, in order to provide some light means for his family sheltered into a damp basement of a block of flats, this circumstance can say a lot about the sufferance imposed by transition period of time in Romania. This child is one of the seven that Maria has got. She is a 33 years old ordinary woman, whose husband (Ion) is unemployed and has become a drunkard and violently acting, maybe because of his despairing and lack of prospective.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the European Film Award for Best Actress (2003)
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Setting
Set in Romania
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Music
Music by Petru Mărgineanu
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Mihail Sarbusca
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Călin Peter NetzerWriter
- Gordan MihićWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 21, 2003
- Original language
- Romanian
- Countries
- Germany, Romania, France


























