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Cucoana Chirița

1986 · 87 min

A light, theatrical comedy of manners, full of musical charm and gentle satire, where provincial life meets Parisian airs.

Directed by
Mircea Drăgan
Genres
Music, Comedy
Starring
Draga Olteanu Matei, Dem Rădulescu, Ileana Stana Ionescu
Overview
The Bârzoi manor comes back to life when the lady of the house, Chirița, sends news that she will be soon coming back from Paris. As the City of Light has changed her views on the world, the family and the help must follow.

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Directed by
Mircea Drăgan
Genres
Music, Comedy
Starring
Draga Olteanu Matei, Dem Rădulescu, Ileana Stana Ionescu
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
  • family
  • class
  • identity
  • trauma
  • healing
Places
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour7
Realism5
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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music, comedy
Directed by
Mircea Drăgan
Written by
Vasile Alecsandri, Draga Olteanu Matei
Starring
Draga Olteanu Matei, Dem Rădulescu, Ileana Stana Ionescu, Ștefan Tapalagă, Cezara Dafinescu, Bianca Ionescu, Jean Constantin, Cornel Constantiniu
Runtime
87 min
Country
Romania
Languages
Romanian

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