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The Snails' Senator (1995)
Directed by Mircea Daneliuc
Drama, Comedy · 1h 48m
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.
Cast
Dorel Vișan
Senatorul Vârtosu
Cecilia Bârbora
Tudorache Cireșica
Clara Vodă
Reporter
Dan Chișu
Reporter
Florin Zamfirescu
Deputy Mayor
Mircea Andreescu
Arch Guardian
Anda Caropol
Senator's Wife
Viorel Comănici
Petrescu
Crew
- Director
- Mircea Daneliuc
- Writer
- Mircea Daneliuc
- Editor
- Melania Oproiu
- Producer
- Mircea Daneliuc
Details
- Original title
- Senatorul melcilor
- Release date
- 1995-06-02
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Original language
- RO
- Spoken languages
- Romanian
- Countries
- Romania
- Production
- Studio of Cinematographic Creation of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, Alpha Films International