Dinu Manolache

Dinu Manolache

Birth : 1955-05-13, Rogova, Mehedinți, Romania

Death : 1998-09-03

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Dinu Manolache

Movies

Fii cu ochii pe fericire
Petru
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.
The Telephone
Reach for the Sky
A story about young gymnasts in Romania.
Drawings on Asphalt
Tatăl
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).
Starting Over
Drama directed by Visarion Alexa.
Dommnișoara Aurica
The Student
This movie is about the loneliness of an older lady at the end of WWII, in Bucharest. Her mental faculties are declining and she is increasingly living in her own mind.
Căruța cu mere
Petre
Romania in the year 1947: two years after the end of the second World War, the King (Mihai of Hohenzollern and Romania) has to leave the country, the communism is knocking at the door, and in these uncertain times, two young people are fighting to get their dream become real artists.
The Calamity
This is a film about love, crime of passion, revenge, happening in the Romanian countryside, late XIX century.
Sword Swallower
The Recruit
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
Victor
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.
Stay with You
Simion
A well to do woman in the country wants a husband and an apartment in the city. But thibg do not turn as planned.
Ana and the Thief
A young man is freed from prison. The communists are reforming him.
Fata Morgana
Virgil Alexiu
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
Simion Handrabur
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.
Who Is Calling Me?
Vasile
A young woman is accused of "Immorality" (aka prostitution) and she is sent for re-education to work on a construction site.