OMUL CARE NE TREBUIE / The MAN WE NEED

Romania / 1979 / 92’ / color / Social movie / AG / Digitalized version by The National Film Archive 

Directed by: Manole Marcus

Screenplay: Ion Băieșu

With: Ilarion Ciobanu, Jeana Gorea, Catrinel Dumitrescu, Jean Constantin, Octavian Cotescu, Mircea Anghelescu, Marga Barbu, Cornel Coman, Ovidiu Schumacher, George Mihăiţă, Dumitru Rucăreanu

Produced by: Film House 4

Vasile, a foreman on a building site has family problems: his wife wants him to come work in the city, his son tries to find his way in live, hesitating whether to choose mathematics or football, and his daughter is in love with the son of a local VIP. After a while, realizing that the members of his family are capable to take decisions on their own, Vasile renounces the position he was offered in the city administration, and goes back to the site.

The film premiered in Romania November 16^th, 1979. It received Best Director Prize, Best Script Prize and Best Actress Prize (Catrinel Dumitrescu) in the 1979 edition of the ACIN Awards.