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The Snails' Senator

6.8 108 mins Drama   Comedy   1995
Studio of Cinematographic Creation of the Romanian Ministry of Culture   Alpha Films International  
Director(s): Mircea Daneliuc

This Romanian dramatic comedy offers metaphorical commentary on life after Ceausescu's reign as it tells the story of a rural community turned topsy-turvy in their mad quest for the snails a prominent senator has requested for his dinner. The trouble begins when a rather imposing, pompous senator comes to visit a small rural Romanian town for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for their new hydro-electric dam. After he finishes his speech, the senator is accosted by a Swiss film crew eager to interview him. The senator is inordinately concerned with presenting a positive image of Romania to the world at large and so when he learns that he and the journalists are to stay at the same villa, does everything he came to make sure that they see nothing scandalous.

Casts of The Snails' Senator

Dorel Vișan

as Senatorul Vârtosu

Cecilia Bârbora

as Tudorache Cireșica

Clara Vodă

as Reporter

Madeleine Thibeault

as Reporter

Dan Chișu

as Reporter

Florin Zamfirescu

as Deputy Mayor

Constanta Comanoiu

as Cireșica's Mother

Nicolae Albani

as Prefect

Mircea Andreescu

as Arch Guardian

Dinu Apetrei

as Viorel

Anda Caropol

as Senator's Wife

Viorel Comănici

as Petrescu

Camelia Zorlescu

as Villa Administrator

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