The Stone Cross (1994)

Plot Summary

Andrei Blaier's film catches the last days of The Stone Cross a low class brothels area that became some kind of an institution in the landscape of Bucharest before the Communist period, doomed to destruction under the new rules of proletarian morals that the Communists were trying to impose. The idea could be the start of a great film, with the prostitution being seen not so much from its destructive and exploitation perspective, but rather as a form of freedom in a time when the whole society was falling under the rule of propaganda, hypocrisy, and repression. In a world due to fall under tyranny for the coming decades prostitution becomes a metaphor of the old more free way of life.

Full Cast & Characters

Gheorghe Dinică

Mache Puzderie

Florina Cercel

Matroana bordelului

Coca Bloos

"Foamea Neagră"

Ilarion Ciobanu

Fane

Dorina Lazăr

Nevasta lui Puzderie

Corina Dănilă

Ileana

Ștefan Sileanu

Comisar

Manuela Hărăbor

Ilonka Sabo

Carmen Tănase

Membra a celulei de partid

Ruxandra Sireteanu

Victoria Cociaș

Margareta Pogonat

Director & Crew

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