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The Man Next to You

1962 · 90 min

A quiet, earnest drama about love and sacrifice, moving at a patient pace with a bittersweet, reflective mood.

Directed by
Horea Popescu
Genres
Drama
Starring
Silvia Popovici, Ilarion Ciobanu, Gheorghe Măruță
Overview
A young engineer arrives for a short time in Bucharest, where he reconnects with the girl that he loves since college. They get married, and she sacrifices her career to follow him to a big project away.

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Directed by
Horea Popescu
Genres
Drama
Starring
Silvia Popovici, Ilarion Ciobanu, Gheorghe Măruță
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • work
  • ambition
  • betrayal
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Horea Popescu
Written by
Paul Everac
Starring
Silvia Popovici, Ilarion Ciobanu, Gheorghe Măruță, George Calboreanu, Ștefan Ciubotărașu, Marcel Anghelescu, Graziela Albini, Victor Rebengiuc
Runtime
90 min
Country
Romania
Languages
Romanian

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