The Sleep of the Island

The Sleep of the Island is a Romanian film from 1994 directed by Mircea Veroiu, inspired from the novel The Second Messenger written by Bujor Nedelcovici.

Plot[]

The topic of the film points out the condition of an intellectual in time of totalitarian dictatorship, which subjugated an island from where you can not run. The only alternative is collaborating with power and internment in a rehabilitation institute. A famous writer returns to his homeland to try to confront the terror of an oppressive regime, but he ends up being himself corrupted-thanks to the aberrant system.

Cast[]

Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan - Daniel Raynal
Marcel Iureș - Jean Elby
- The island governor
Elena Albu - Micheline Rolebon
Dan Condurache - poet Victor Labri
Mircea Albulescu - Professor Fontaine
- Hélène
- president of the Ideological College
Vlad Rădescu - archaeologist Marcel
- Christine
- Veronica, Victor's wife
- Vanghelie

Production[]

The film was produced by Solaris-Film, in co-production with Star-Film, Cinerom R.A. and the Bucharest's Cinematographic Studio S.A., the film being shot at Buftea. It have been used frames from the films Sezonul Pescarusilor (1985) and Detașamentul Concordia (1980).

Awards[]

The film obtained Jury's special prize ("Silver Makhila") at the Latin World Festival of Cinematography from - France 1995.

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