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The Bet

1985 · 99 min

A playful, storybook-like romp that mixes songs, cartoons and fairy-tale characters into a gentle, self-aware fable.

Directed by
Ion Popescu-Gopo
Genres
Family, Fantasy, Music
Starring
Iurie Darie, Draga Olteanu Matei, Angela Similea
Overview
Based on a 19th century tale, this self-referential fantasy, complete with musical and animated interludes plus a cast of fairytale characters, tells the story of a bet between an old man and a fairy over a bag with two gold coins.

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Directed by
Ion Popescu-Gopo
Genres
Family, Fantasy, Music
Starring
Iurie Darie, Draga Olteanu Matei, Angela Similea
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • fate
  • morality
  • class
Places
  • countryside
  • fantasy world
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • musical
  • animated
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour5
Realism2
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
family, fantasy, music
Directed by
Ion Popescu-Gopo
Written by
Ion Popescu-Gopo
Starring
Iurie Darie, Draga Olteanu Matei, Angela Similea, Florin Piersic, Constantin Fugașin, Radu Gheorghe, Ion Lucian, Anca Mihăescu
Runtime
99 min
Country
Romania
Languages
Romanian

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