The Oak

{{For|the Balanta people of the Senegambia region|Balanta people}}

{{Other uses|The Oaks (disambiguation)|Oak (disambiguation)}} {{short description|1992 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Oak | image = | caption = | director = Lucian Pintilie | producer = Sylvain Bursztejn<br />Lucian Pintilie<br />Eliane Stutterheim | writer = Lucian Pintilie<br />Ion Băieșu | starring = Maia Morgenstern | music = | cinematography = Doru Mitran | editing = Victorița Nae | distributor = | released = {{film date|1992|9|16|df=yes}} | runtime = 105 minutes | country = Romania | language = Romanian | budget = }} '''''The Oak''''' ({{langx|ro|Balanța}}) 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.<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/25/year/1992.html |title=Festival de Cannes: The Oak |access-date=16 August 2009 |work=festival-cannes.com |archive-date=5 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005005857/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/25/year/1992.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Cast== * Maia Morgenstern as Nela * Răzvan Vasilescu as Mitică * Victor Rebengiuc as Village mayor * Dorel Vișan as Country Priest * Ion Pavlescu as Doctor Gîlcescu * {{ill|Mariana Mihuț|ro}} as Priest's wife * Gheorghe Visu as Priest in the train * Dan Condurache as Prosecutor * {{ill|Virgil Andriescu|ro}} as Nela's father * {{ill|Matei Alexandru|ro}} as Butușină * Leopoldina Bălănuță as Nela's mother * {{ill|Magda Catone|ro}} as Mitică's assistant * Ionel Mihăilescu as Titi * Florin Călinescu as Securitate agent

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=0103969|title=The Oak}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oak, The}} Category:1992 films Category:1990s Romanian-language films Category:1992 drama films Category:Films directed by Lucian Pintilie Category:Romanian drama films Category:Romanian-language drama films Category:1992 Romanian films