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Stone Wedding

Stone Wedding

Drama

Dan Pita, Mircea Veroiu

Leopoldina Balanuta, Eliza Petrachescu, Nina Doniga, Adrian Georgescu, Mircea Diaconu, Radu Boruzescu, Petrica Gheorghiu, Ursula Nussbacher, George Calboreanu Jr., Ferenc Bencze, Dumitru Bonciuc, Ion Dorutiu, Nicolae Iordache, Cornel Ispas, Elisabeta Jar

1973

Romania

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Completed

Romanian

90 minutes

2025-02-20 03:52:35

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This film (drama)Also known asNunta de piatră,is aRomaniaProducerwomen sex,At1973Released in year 。The dialogue language isRomanian,Current Douban rating7.4(For reference only)。
The film is divided into two distinct parts. The first part, directed by Mircea Veroiu, depicts the tragic life of a widow in early 20th century Romania. The second part, directed by Dan Pita, tells the story of a bride at a wedding.   Mircea Veroiu (born 1941) and Dan Pita (born 1938) are among Romania's most innovative filmmakers, having collaborated on two outstanding films: "Stone Wedding" (1972) and "Golden Soul" (1974). Undoubtedly, both films are among the best in Romanian cinema history, receiving immense acclaim worldwide and being collected by the Museum of Modern Art in New York.   "Stone Wedding" is adapted from the novel by Romanian writer Ion Agarbiceanu, depicting the living conditions in the Transylvanian countryside in the early 20th century. These stories are filled with a profound sense of tragic shock and an almost omnipresent sense of fate. All this is expressed in unforgettable cinematography. It is no exaggeration to say that every shot is a work of art.   In the first part, every movement and glance of actress Leopoldina Balanuta is imbued with emotion and wisdom; she knows how to imply the accumulation of years of life, hope and despair, stubborn love, and immense pain repressed under a silent cloak. This powerful visual language can only be matched by the tragic innocence found in the second part through Mircea Diaconu (the deserter).   Among the two directors, Mircea Veroiu prefers a contemplative, cold, and condensed style, while Dan Pita transforms his part into a vibrant story with many ironic moments, expressive characters, and a painful tragic twist at the end.   In any case, "Stone Wedding" is a film worth watching again and again. Each time, it seems to grow new dimensions.

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