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Director
Director
Cast
Tănase
Dudaca
Matache
Tudorița
Stana
Marin
Boyar
Floarea
Anica
Costache
Synopsis
Rumania’s entry in the 1958 Cannes Film Festival was the excessively melodramatic Ciulinii Bărăganului. The title translates as Fools of Bărăgan, in reference to a band of beleaguered feudal Rumanian peasants. But these are no fools: instead, they are fearless freedom fighters, organizing a brave (though foredoomed) revolt against the tyranny of the landowners. The parallels drawn between the people of Bărăgan and Russia’s revolutionary leaders are all but impossible to miss. It would have been nice, however, if the story had not been told in such a heavy-handed, spell-it-all-out fashion.
Original title
Ciulinii Bărăganului
IMDb Rating
7.3 137 votes
TMDb Rating
6.6 5 votes