Synopsis
A large family and it’s many generations vie for advantage, seeking to win the inheritance sure to be left behind by a wealthy older man of the clan. Along the way, stories of friendship, love and rivalry emerge.
Directed by: Iulian Mihu
Script: George Călinescu, Ioan Grigorescu
Cast: Radu Boruzescu, Julieta Szönyi, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Gheorghe Dinică, Clody Bertola, Ovidiu Schumacher, Gina Patrichi, Elena Dacian, Árpád Kemény, Herman Chrodower, Eliza Petrăchescu, Violeta Andrei
Producers: Dumitru Carabăț
Cinematography by: Gheorghe Fischer, Alexandru Intorsureanu
Edited by: Lucia Anton
Sound: Dan Ionescu
Music: Anatol Vieru
Year: 1972
Category: Feature film
Genre: Drama
Duration: 148 minutes
144,710 – Cinepub viewers
PLOT SUMMARY
Screen adaptation of the novel “Enigma Otiliei” by George Călinescu. After his father’s death, young Felix Sima comes to Bucharest to study at the Faculty of Medicine, and he is to be hosted during his studies in the house of his uncle, Costache Giurgiuveanu, who had become his guardian. There, he meets his distant relatives, who show him no affection. The only person the young student becomes attached to is his cousin, Otilia Mărculescu, Moș Costache’s stepdaughter.
AWARDS
- “Premio de selezione” at the Venice International Film Festival (1972)
- Award of Excellence for the “Graphis color” system at the UNIATEC competition in Salerno (1974)
- Selected at National Film Theater – London (1973)
- Romanian Union of Filmmakers:
- Award for leading male role – Gheorghe Dinica
- The award for directing – Iulian Mihu
- The prize for the screenplay – Ioan Grigorescu
- Prize for image – Alexandru Intorsureanu, Gheorghe Fischer
- The scenography prize – Radu Boruzescu, Liviu Popa
ARTICLES
- ROMANIA THEATER AND FILMS: “Felix and Otilia” (1972) – 2018 – agerpres.ro
This premiere is part of a national archive project supported by the Romanian National Film Centre.
Special thanks goes to the Romanian Filmmakers Union and to the Romanian Film Archive.
