Maria (2003)

When a child steals candles from the cemetery, in order to provide some light means for his family sheltered into a damp basement of a block of flats, this circumstance can say a lot about the sufferance imposed by transition period of time in Romania. This child is one of the seven that Maria has got. She is a 33 years old ordinary woman, whose husband (Ion) is unemployed and has become a drunkard and violently acting, maybe because of his despairing and lack of prospective.

Released

2003-11-21

Genres

Drama

Runtime

97 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Călin Peter Netzer

TMDB rating

8.4/10 from 6 votes