Patul conjugal (1993)
Année de sortie: 1993
Nation: Romania
Alternative Title: Hitvesi ágy, Il letto matrimoniale, Loze malzenskie, The Conjugal Bed
Réalisateur: Mircea Daneliuc
Writer: Mircea Daneliuc
Production & Genre
Histoire
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?
Résumé
In post-Ceausescu Romania, Vasile Dinica struggles to make ends meet managing a dilapidated cinema. His life takes a chaotic turn when his wife announces her pregnancy, prompting him to desperately seek funds for an abortion. Simultaneously, his attractive employee Stela leaves her job to become a prostitute, exacerbating his financial woes. Upon his release from a mental institution, Vasile finds his apartment rented to pornographers with his wife unwittingly cast as the lead actress.
