Why Are the Bells Ringing, Mitica? (1981)

Based on a theatrical text by Romanian writer Ion Luca Caragiale (1852-1912), who was a bitter and funny witness of the turn-of-the-20th-century Romanian bourgeois mores, Carnival Scenes manages to preserve and further enhance the slightly hysteric atmosphere of his plays. Pintilie creates a strange combination of carnival scenes which is brought to the screen as a burlesque, fast-paced, screwball comedy with a meditative undertone. This film was banned in Romania for a decade until the death of Ceausescu in 1989 and was only released after the 1989 revolution.

Released Sept. 26, 1981 132 min None+

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Keywords: tmdb.bourgeoisie, imdb.punctuation-in-title, imdb.question-in-title, imdb.based-on-novel, imdb.character-name-in-title, imdb.question-mark-in-title

Production Companies: Casa de Filme Unu, Casa de Filme Cinci

Country: Romania
Production Country: Romania
Languages: Romanian