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Postcards with Wildflowers

1975 · 91 min

A quiet, heavy watch that sits with a young woman's loneliness and fear, offering little relief but a steady, serious gaze.

Directed by
Andrei Blaier
Genres
Drama
Starring
Carmen Galin, Elena Albu, Draga Olteanu Matei
Overview
In 1970s Romania, Laura, a young architect, becomes pregnant by her married lover, Titel. Desperate and alone, she travels to a remote town for an illegal abortion. There, she meets Irina, a local girl who tries to change her mind.

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Directed by
Andrei Blaier
Genres
Drama
Starring
Carmen Galin, Elena Albu, Draga Olteanu Matei
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • parenthood
  • guilt
  • morality
  • gender
Places
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Carmen Galin, Elena Albu, Draga Olteanu Matei, Eliza Petrăchescu, Dan Nuțu, Gheorghe Dinică, Ana Ciclovan, George Mihăiță
Runtime
91 min
Country
Romania
Languages
Romanian

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