The Actor and the Savages

The Actor and the Savages

8.1

Romanian/150 min./1975

Genres

Comedy Drama Family

Synopsis

Toma Caragiu plays Costica Caratase character inspired by the personality of the great actor Constantin Tanase. The action takes place in the interwar period and focuses on the conflict between actor and Iron Guard movement ("savages") offended by a satirizes artistic performances. Film question the artist's freedom of expression and the danger posed by his involvement in social issues existing in a dictatorship world.

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