6.9 on the Richter Scale
Movie classified in category I of seismic risk.
ComedyMusichoteldancersmokingearthquakefathersingingbreak-upapartment buildingbucharest, romaniaaviatorromanianagging wife
A darkly comedic portrait of a middle-aged Romanian actor trapped between domestic dysfunction, paternal manipulation, and seismic anxiety, blending musical theater with existential dread.
A humble Romanian actor in his 40's, hardly surviving between a complicated part in a musical, a depressed wife, and the obsession of an imminent, devastating earthquake, becomes the victim of his manipulative father.
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