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Mingea

1958 · 70 min

A quiet, sorrowful social drama that aches with a father's struggle, told with earnest tenderness and a child's fragile hope.

Directed by
Andrei Blaier, Siniša Ivetić
Genres
Drama
Starring
Lazăr Vrabie, Ion Bodeanu, Andrei Codarcea
Overview
With his nose pressed against the glass, four-year-old Ionel watches the kids playing ball in the street with great interest. His father, a schoolteacher, has lost his job. Now he goes to various institutions in vain, because in bourgeois Romania it is not easy to find a job. Ionel waits for his father every night and while waiting for him he dreams of getting a real yellow ball for his birthday. His father realizes that it is necessary to get the money and buy the ball. After all, the boy is crippled, and the ball is the only hope for him to get well...

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Directed by
Andrei Blaier, Siniša Ivetić
Genres
Drama
Starring
Lazăr Vrabie, Ion Bodeanu, Andrei Codarcea
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • parenthood
  • class
  • politics
  • isolation
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Andrei Blaier, Siniša Ivetić
Written by
Siniša Ivetić, Francisc Munteanu, Andrei Blaier
Starring
Lazăr Vrabie, Ion Bodeanu, Andrei Codarcea, Ion Ulmeni, Sandu Sticlaru, Lucia Mara Dabija, Antoaneta Gilmeanu, Chirita Misail
Cinematography
Lupu Gutman
Runtime
70 min
Country
Romania
Languages
Romanian

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