The Oak

For the Balanta people of the Senegambia region, see Balanta people.

For other uses, see The Oaks (disambiguation) and Oak (disambiguation).

The Oak (Romanian: 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.^[1]

The Oak
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Directed by	Lucian Pintilie
Written by	Lucian Pintilie Ion Băieșu
Produced by	Sylvain Bursztejn Lucian Pintilie Eliane Stutterheim
Starring	Maia Morgenstern
Cinematography	Doru Mitran
Edited by	Victorița Nae
Release date	16 September 1992 (1992-09-16)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Romania
Language	Romanian

Cast

• Maia Morgenstern as Nela
• Răzvan Vasilescu as Mitică
• Victor Rebengiuc as Village mayor
• Dorel Vișan as Country Priest
• Ion Pavlescu as Doctor Gîlcescu
• Mariana Mihuț [ro] as Priest's wife
• Gheorghe Visu as Priest in the train
• Dan Condurache as Prosecutor
• Virgil Andriescu [ro] as Nela's father
• Matei Alexandru [ro] as Butușină
• Leopoldina Bălănuță as Nela's mother
• Magda Catone [ro] as Mitică's assistant
• Ionel Mihăilescu as Titi