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The Teacher's Correspondence

1966 · 70 min

A dry, slow-burning bureaucratic farce that quietly needles authority, leaving you amused and mildly exasperated rather than laughing out loud.

Directed by
Haralambie Boroş
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Marcel Anghelescu, Grigore Vasiliu-Birlic, Haralambie Boroş
Overview
A subpoena on perception turns the life of a teacher upside down when he finds himself taxed for what he never even had: two buffalo. Because of the aberrant bureaucracy, he can't even get rid of the fictitious cuckolds...

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Directed by
Haralambie Boroş
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Marcel Anghelescu, Grigore Vasiliu-Birlic, Haralambie Boroş
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • power
  • identity
  • justice
  • work
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
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
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Haralambie Boroş
Written by
Valerian Sava
Starring
Marcel Anghelescu, Grigore Vasiliu-Birlic, Haralambie Boroş, Mircea Krishan, Alexandru Giugaru, Silvia Fulda, Ion Manu, Draga Olteanu Matei
Runtime
70 min
Country
Romania
Languages
Romanian

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