A description of Romania before Ceausescu's downfall, through the story of Nela. Daughter of a former colonel of the Securitate, the romanian political police. She refused to become like her sister, an agent of this Securitate, and lives with her father. After he died, she leaves Bucharest, and ends up in a little town, where she meets Mitica, a surgeon, another herself, laughing at everything.
The Oak is a 1992 Romanian drama film co-written and directed by Lucian Pintilie. Starring Maia Morgenstern, Razvan Vasilescu, Victor Rebengiuc. It was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.
