The Moromete Family

1987 [ROMANIAN]

Drama

5
IMDb Rating 8.8/10 10 4542 4.5K

Plot summary

Story of a family. Problems, marriage, taxes, revenge, friendship, army, life and much more.

Director

Stere Gulea Photo
Stere Gulea

Top cast

Luminita Gheorghiu Photo
Luminita Gheorghiu as Catrina Moromete
Sandu Mihai Gruia Photo
Sandu Mihai Gruia
Dan Badarau Photo
Dan Badarau as Victor Balosu
Constantin Cojocaru Photo
Constantin Cojocaru as Ion al lui Miai
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1.27 GB
1280*766
Romanian 2.0
NR
Subtitles ro  
25 fps
2 hr 21 min
Seeds 1
2.37 GB
1804*1080
Romanian 2.0
NR
Subtitles ro  
25 fps
2 hr 21 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Mara-Jade-Skywalker-23 8 / 10

An Underrated Classic

Introduction: I don't think enough people have watched this film. The Moromete Family is a great piece of Romanian cinema, and just a great piece of cinema.The Story: Centering around a family living Romania, during World War II, as they deal with problems of living in that time. Such as, having trouble paying taxes, trying to get their kids and school, and the war environment. One of the best written films I've ever watched. This film really understands how to write human interactions. The family in the film, feel like a real family going through hard times.The Characters: The characters in this film, are all relatable and interesting. As they feel just like real people. Everyone acts and talks like real people their age.The Visual Style: This is a great looking movie. The black and white astetic allows the film to feel more like the time period, and also let's the film look more dark and depressing as a whole.Conclusion: As a conclusion, this film is true masterpiece, and deserving of more attention. However, considering the few people that reviewed this film gave it a 8.9 rating, I am not alone.
Reviewed by alexfizeau 10 / 10

Just excellent...

It is a great film. I think you all should see it to learn a bit of Romania's history before 2nd World War. The film is based on the Marin Preda's (the greatest Romanian novelist who ever lived) novel having the same name. Although Preda wrote the second part of this novel, the film is only about the first part. The leading character is Ilie Moromete, a village habitant, a thinker, who loves to contemplate and think about his life and especially about his times of living, his country's history reflected on facts, not words. He nows very well how to turn any kind of situation in his favor and just loves to laugh on stupid peoples' mistakes and lack of knowledge, not as some kind of a joker, but with simple phrases, making the man to think about his gestures or behavior on certain situations. His family falls apart when his teenage sons (Achim, Nila and Paraschiv) run to Bucharest to escape the so called village prison and father's protective eye and to become men, to live on their own. His youngest son, Niculaie, has just one thought in his head: to go to school. His father doesn't offer him money because he always tells everyone his favorite line: "I d not have it ! What can I do ? I just don't have it !"
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