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The Snails' Senator (1995)
Directed by Mircea Daneliuc
Overview
This Romanian dramatic comedy offers metaphorical commentary on life after Ceausescu’s reign as it tells the story of a rural community turned topsy-turvy in their mad quest for the snails a prominent senator has requested for his dinner. The trouble begins when a rather imposing, pompous senator comes to visit a small rural Romanian town for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for their new hydro-electric dam. After he finishes his speech, the senator is accosted by a Swiss film crew eager to interview him. The senator is inordinately concerned with presenting a positive image of Romania to the world at large and so when he learns that he and the journalists are to stay at the same villa, does everything he came to make sure that they see nothing scandalous.
Length 108 minutes
Actors
Dorel Visan | Cecilia Bârbora | Clara Voda | Madeleine Thibeault | Dan Chișu | Florin Zamfirescu | Constanta Comanoiu | Nicolae Albani | Mircea Andreescu | Dinu Apetrei | Anda Caropol | Viorel Comănici | Camelia Zorlescu | Viorica Geantă-Chelbea | Haralambie Boroş