The Thistles of The Bărăgan

Rumania's entry in the 1958 Cannes Film Festival was the excessively melodramatic Ciulinii Bărăganului. The title translates as Fools of Bărăgan, in reference to a band of beleaguered feudal Rumanian peasants. But these are no fools: instead, they are fearless freedom fighters, organizing a brave (though foredoomed) revolt against the tyranny of the landowners. The parallels drawn between the people of Bărăgan and Russia's revolutionary leaders are all but impossible to miss. It would have been nice, however, if the story had not been told in such a heavy-handed, spell-it-all-out fashion.

Country:

Romania

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

116 minutes

Year:

1957

Director:

Louis Daquin

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Company:

Filmstudio București

Cast:

Tănase

Dudaca

Ursu

Matache

Tudorița

Crew:

Director

Music

Cinematography

Editor

Production Design