SOMNUL INSULEI / THE SLEEP OF THE ISLAND

Romania / 1994 / 107’ / color / Drama

Directed by: Mircea Veroiu

Screenplay: Mircea Veroiu, Bujor Nedelcovici

Cast: Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan, Marcel Iureș, Ștefan Sileanu, Elena Albu, Dan Condurache, Mircea Albulescu, Natașa Raab, Costel Constantin, Vlad Rădescu

Produced by: Solaris Film, Star Film, Cinerom

Daniel Raynal, a famous writer, returns to his native country that is under dictatorship. Little by little he is corrupted to play into the hands of the power and becomes a high official. And when Hélene, the woman he loves, who's being followed by the police of the regime, asks him to save her, incapable of making a stand against it Daniel remains passive. After the woman is killed, tortured by his guilty conscience, the writer will commit suicide.