The Stone Cross

The Stone Cross

96 mins | Drama, Comedy | March 18, 1994

Andrei Blaier's film catches the last days of The Stone Cross a low class brothels area that became some kind of an institution in the landscape of Bucharest before the Communist period, doomed to destruction under the new rules of proletarian morals that the Communists were trying to impose. The idea could be the start of a great film, with the prostitution being seen not so much from its destructive and exploitation perspective, but rather as a form of freedom in a time when the whole society was falling under the rule of propaganda, hypocrisy, and repression. In a world due to fall under tyranny for the coming decades prostitution becomes a metaphor of the old more free way of life.

The Stone Cross

96 mins | Drama, Comedy | March 18, 1994

The Stone Cross
Andrei Blaier's film catches the last days of The Stone Cross a low class brothels area that became some kind of an institution in the landscape of Bucharest before the Communist period, doomed to destruction under the new rules of proletarian morals that the Communists were trying to impose. The idea could be the start of a great film, with the prostitution being seen not so much from its destructive and exploitation perspective, but rather as a form of freedom in a time when the whole society was falling under the rule of propaganda, hypocrisy, and repression. In a world due to fall under tyranny for the coming decades prostitution becomes a metaphor of the old more free way of life.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Studioul de Creatie "Profilm"
Original title Crucea de piatră
Directors Andrei Blaier
Writers Titus Popovici

Cast

Gheorghe Dinică

as Mache Puzderie

Florina Cercel

as Matroana bordelului

Coca Bloos

as "Foamea Neagră"

Ilarion Ciobanu

as Fane

Dorina Lazăr

as Nevasta lui Puzderie

Corina Dănilă

as Ileana

Ștefan Sileanu

as Comisar

Silviu Biriș

as Radu

Manuela Hărăbor

as Ilonka Sabo

Carmen Tănase

as Membra a celulei de partid

Luminița Erga

as Verbina

Diana Dumbravă

as Persida