FRUCTE DE PĂDURE / WOOD BERRIES

Romania / 1983 / 90’ / color / Psychological drama / AG 

Directed by: Alexandru Tatos

Screenplay: Dumitru Radu Popescu

With: Manuela Boboc, Ion Fiscuteanu, Mariana Mihuţ, Ion Besoiu, Gabriela Rătescu, Cornel Mihalache, Dinu Ianculescu

Produced by: Film House 4

Being motherless, Amalia, a forester's daughter, is foredoomed to bring up her younger brothers. She falls in love with Simion, a conscripted soldier, and gets pregnant. But realizing that Simion has other expectations, she decides to keep the baby and bring it up by herself. In the end she will marry ex-convict Grigore, to have someone to share the burden of her life with.

The film premiered in Romania November 21^st, 1983. It received ACIN Awards Best Script Prize (Dumitru Radu Popescu) and Diploma of Honour (Ion Fiscuteanu) in 1983.