The Conjugal Bed (1993)
1h 42m
Running Time
May 12, 1993Release Date
Plot.
Romania had it rough under its last communist dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu, and things are even rougher now. Before, their problems were oppression and poverty. Now, their problem is mostly poverty - and plenty of it. In this grim comedy (to call it a black comedy would be to paint too perky a picture of it), Vasile (Gheorghe Dinica)has a wife whom he's fond of, and a mistress, whom he's fonder of. He manages a nearly abandoned movie theater, and makes just about nothing doing it. When his wife announces she's pregnant, he nearly goes frantic trying to find money to get her an abortion. However, what truly sends him over the edge is when his mistress decides to become a prostitute because, after all, the money is good. These two situations send him straight to the loony bin, and when he gets out, he discovers that his wife has rented their apartment to pornographic filmmakers, and guess who's starring in them?
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Cast & Crew.
Gheorghe Dinică
Vasile Potop
Coca Bloos
Carolina Potop
Valentin Teodosiu
Actor
Lia Bugnar
Stela
Mircea Daneliuc
Director
Vivi Drăgan Vasile
Cinematographer
Melania Oproiu
Editor
Mircea Râbinschi
ProductionDesigner
Valentin Uritescu
Actor
Geo Costiniu
Actor
Mihail Vasile Boghiță
Ion Sima
Dan Cristescu
Jana Corea
Flavius Constantinescu
Nicolae Praida
Catalin Stan
Marinel Feraru
Milica Militaru
Eugen Racoți
Ion Popa
Camelia Zorlescu
Dumitru Palade
Paul Chiribuță
Details.
Wiki.
The Conjugal Bed (Romanian: Patul conjugal) is a 1993 Romanian comedy film directed by Mircea Daneliuc. It was entered into the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival. The film was selected as the Romanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.