FALEZE DE NISIP / SAND CLIFFS AG

Romania / 1983 / 92’ / color / Psychological drama

Directed by: Dan Pița

Screenplay: Bujor Nedelcovici, Dan Pița, adaptation of the novel  ”Sand days” by Bujor Nedelcovici

With: Victor Rebengiuc, Gheorghe Visu, Carmen Galin, Marin Moraru, Vasile Cosma, Valentin Uritescu, Ion Vâlcu, Ovidiu Schumacher, Oana Pellea, Vasile Niţulescu

Produced by: Film House 1

A doctor spending his summer holidays at the seaside gets robbed of some valuable things, and it's his feeling that the guy who did it is a young man by chance present nearby. Even though he is innocent, the assiduous psychological pressure that the doctor puts him to makes the man confess to the theft. With his girlfriend having left him, disgusted by his pathological self-pride, the doctor begins to realize the weakness of his character. But he will still cling to the young man - even after his having served his sentence - to explain him he only meant well.

The film premiered in Romania January 31^st, 1983. It was withdrawn from the cinemas after 3 days of screening ”for distortion of the society’s reality” and re-programmed in February 1990.