# The Oak

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{{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](/source/Lucian_Pintilie)
| producer       = Sylvain Bursztejn<br />Lucian Pintilie<br />Eliane Stutterheim
| writer         = Lucian Pintilie<br />[Ion Băieșu](/source/Ion_B%C4%83ie%C8%99u)
| starring       = [Maia Morgenstern](/source/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](/source/drama_film) co-written and directed by [Lucian Pintilie](/source/Lucian_Pintilie). Starring [Maia Morgenstern](/source/Maia_Morgenstern), [Razvan Vasilescu](/source/R%C4%83zvan_Vasilescu), [Victor Rebengiuc](/source/Victor_Rebengiuc). It was screened out of competition at the [1992 Cannes Film Festival](/source/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](/source/Maia_Morgenstern) as Nela
* [Răzvan Vasilescu](/source/R%C4%83zvan_Vasilescu) as Mitică
* [Victor Rebengiuc](/source/Victor_Rebengiuc) as Village mayor
* [Dorel Vișan](/source/Dorel_Vi%C8%99an) as Country Priest
* [Ion Pavlescu](/source/Ion_Pavlescu) as Doctor Gîlcescu
* {{ill|Mariana Mihuț|ro}} as Priest's wife
* [Gheorghe Visu](/source/Gheorghe_Visu) as Priest in the train
* [Dan Condurache](/source/Dan_Condurache) as Prosecutor
* {{ill|Virgil Andriescu|ro}} as Nela's father
* {{ill|Matei Alexandru|ro}} as Butușină
* [Leopoldina Bălănuță](/source/Leopoldina_B%C4%83l%C4%83nu%C8%9B%C4%83) as Nela's mother
* {{ill|Magda Catone|ro}} as Mitică's assistant
* [Ionel Mihăilescu](/source/Ionel_Mih%C4%83ilescu) as Titi
* [Florin Călinescu](/source/Florin_C%C4%83linescu) as [Securitate](/source/Securitate) agent

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

{{Lucian Pintilie}}

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Category:1990s Romanian-language films
Category:1992 drama films
Category:Films directed by Lucian Pintilie
Category:Romanian drama films
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Category:1992 Romanian films

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