Why Are the Bells Ringing, Mitica?
Based on a theatrical text by Romanian writer Ion Luca Caragiale (1852-1912), who was a bitter and funny witness of the turn-of-the-20th-century Romanian bourgeois mores, Carnival Scenes manages to preserve and further enhance the slightly hysteric atmosphere of his plays. Pintilie creates a strange combination of carnival scenes which is brought to the screen as a burlesque, fast-paced, screwball comedy with a meditative undertone. This film was banned in Romania for a decade until the death of Ceausescu in 1989 and was only released after the 1989 revolution.
Top cast
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 26, 1981
- Runtime
- 2h 12m
- Original language
- RO
- Original title
- De ce trag clopotele, Mitică?
Gallery
Recommended
6.1Landline
2017
5.8The Comedy
2012
6.3Somewhere in Queens
2023
7.5¿Y cómo es él?
2022
5.9The Landlord
1970
6.3Family Weekend
2013
5.9CQ
2001
6.3Hooking Up
2020
6.1A Dog Year
2009
6.8The House of Tomorrow
2019
5.8Small Apartments
2012
6.2Class Act
1992
6.0Playing God
2021
6.1About Alex
2014
6.1Uncorked
2020
5.8Match
2014
6.5California Dreamin'
2007
6.912:08 East of Bucharest
2006
Similar movies
6.9Benny's Video
1992
5.6Me and My Sister
2004
7.3La Cérémonie
1995
4.6A Spiral of Mist
1977
6.3Madame Bovary
1991
6.7Hibernatus
1969
7.5The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1972
7.0Theorem
1968
6.8The Unfaithful Wife
1969
To One's Liking
2024
7.0My American Uncle
1980
7.3Pierrot le Fou
1965
7.3The Glembays
1988
6.2Lady Chatterley
2006
6.3Summer Night
1963
5.6The Raspberry Reich
2004
5.8Gabrielle
2005
6.8Squeak-squeak
1963