The Bucharest's suburb, a torrid summer day. Norica, a waitress and Mitu, a swineherd, meet and tease each other and starts a beverage competition. Their relationship is not just a ...
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Title: Next Stop Paradise (1998)
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7 wins & 1 nomination.
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Costel Cascaval | ... | Mitu |
| Dorina Chiriac | ... | Norica | |
| Gheorghe Visu | ... | Vatasescu | |
| Victor Rebengiuc | ... | Grigore Cafanu | |
| Razvan Vasilescu | ... | Cpt. Burci | |
| Gabriel Spahiu | ... | Nelu | |
| Dan Tudor | |||
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Doru Ana | ... | Gili |
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Petrica Gheorghiu | ||
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Cornel Scripcaru | ||
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Coca Bloos | ... | Mitu's Mother |
| Dragos Bucur | |||
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Marius Calugarita | ... | Soldat |
| Serban Pavlu | ... | Nicu | |
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Cosmin Selesi | ... | Zache |
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The Bucharest's suburb, a torrid summer day. Norica, a waitress and Mitu, a swineherd, meet and tease each other and starts a beverage competition. Their relationship is not just a one-night stand. It would end with a marriage, if Norica wouldn't want to marry Gili, her 50's boss and boyfriend, and if Mitu wouldn't have to make two years of military service. Mitu's passion for Norica will make him to get in trouble: drove by his obsession for her, he makes something unforgettable. The society's resorts start moving and hunting the couple... Written by Peepyna
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bucharest romania | waitress | post communism | army | romanian army |Parents Guide:
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Romania's official submission to the 71st Academy Awards (1999) for Best Foreign Language Film. See more »Goofs
When Costel Cascaval announces that he will be joining army no matter what, his mother is not wearing her glasses as she cries. In the next shot, when she is pushed out of the car, she is wearing glasses. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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RomanianRelease Date:
7 October 1998 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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Canal+, Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée, Cinematográfica Filmex S.A. See more »
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a cry. or , maybe, a parable. strange at first sigh. and painful confession about reality, dream, looking for happiness, definition of life. to say that it is a film by Lucian Pintilie could be enough. but not only the dark story, with a memorable last scene, not the profound message who can be understand only by East European public in its essential dimension are important but the fascinate performances of Dorina Chiriac and Costel Cașcaval. a film of fury and escapes, revenge against yourself and run to death, it is perfect example of beauty of mud and force of small people. aphorisms and crumbs from other films by Pintilie. and step of a personal fight against the images of every day reality of one of the most important Romanian directors.