Senatorul melcilor (1995)
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Dorel Vișan, Cecilia Bârbora, Clara Vodă, Madeleine Thibeault
A senator’s ceremonial visit to a mountain town is disrupted by locals’ grievances over the return of their land.
The story
Senator Vârtosu arrives in a mountain town to inaugurate a wind-power installation. At a mountain villa, he acts like a nobleman as he tries to impress a group of Western journalists. His visit quickly brings him face to face with dissatisfied local peasants, who complain about the way their land was returned to them. The ceremonial occasion and the senator’s efforts to make an impression are challenged by the locals’ grievances, setting tensions in motion.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
At a mountain villa, Senator Vârtosu acts like a nobleman, trying to impress a group of Western journalists. But his presence provokes complaints from dissatisfied locals and, before long, violence. Senator Vârtosu arrives in a mountain town to inaugurate a wind-power installation, where he is greeted by a flood of complaints from peasants unhappy with the way they were given back their land. Nominated for the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1995.
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