The best Dinu Manolache’s movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Dinu Manolache’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Dinu Manolache.
Fata Morgana
7.6/10
Virgil, the son of a director, fails to get into college and he is drafted in the army. This "forced" growing up is even more painful as he is followed by a "fata morgana", a lost love.
The Sign of the Serpent
7.3/10
This movie retells the story of a revenge that sweeps over the social and political events of the '40s. Because they sent her son to war and he never came back, his tough mother, Ecaterina Handraburu, decides to have her revenge on those who plotted to leave her heirless and grab her possessions.
Reach for the Sky
6.6/10
A story about young gymnasts in Romania.
The Calamity
7.7/10
This is a film about love, crime of passion, revenge, happening in the Romanian countryside, late XIX century.
Starting Over
6.3/10
Drama directed by Visarion Alexa.
Who Is Calling Me?
6.2/10
A young woman is accused of "Immorality" (aka prostitution) and she is sent for re-education to work on a construction site.
Ana and the Thief
7.1/10
A young man is freed from prison. The communists are reforming him.
Fii cu ochii pe fericire
7.1/10
A 20 year class reunion, at Snagov, in a villa that belonged to Ceaușescu and now melongs to a media magnate. The reunion is hijacked by a magnatețs son, who makes it into a talk show, in which he humiliates an expat.
Drawings on Asphalt
5.7/10
One of the last movies made during the communist era in Romania. The plot : a drawing contest for kids in Bucharest. More important : this is a movie about childhood, creativity. Strange topics for a country that was about to fall apart. 50 minutes - by Elisabeta Bostan, who made great movies for kids in the 60's and 70's (such as Veronica).
Sword Swallower
7.5/10
The movie describes the life of a former circus artist who earns his living from the presentation in villages and towns of a sensational number entitled "Sword Swallower".
Mult mai de preț e iubirea
6.6/10
A young girl, who keeps trying unsuccessfully to get into college, wins a large sum at the Lottery. She goes to Bucharest, to find herself.
