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Drama

Codine

7.0(10)

Released:May 15, 1963

Runtime:1h 38m

Status:Released

An ex-convict struggles to survive by brute force alone in a turn-of-the-century slum in Bucharest. Codine is the thug who served 10 years for murdering a friend. He returns home to his miserly mother, whose penny-pinching ways infuriate her son. A young boy looks up to Codine, and through the man's eyes he sees the economic and social injustices from an adult perspective. When Codine kills another man who violated his trust, his mother becomes more unhinged and paranoid. Thinking her son will steal her hoarded money, she plots to kill her only son. The impressionable child watches in horror and amazement at the cruel machinations of the adult work that surrounds him.

Cast

Alexandru Virgil Platon

Alexandru Virgil Platon

Codine

Răzvan Petrescu

Răzvan Petrescu

Adrian Zografi

Françoise Brion

Françoise Brion

Irène

Nelly Borgeaud

Nelly Borgeaud

Zoița Zograffi

Germaine Kerjean

Anastasia

Maurice Sarfati

Maurice Sarfati

Alexis

Eliza Petrăchescu

Eliza Petrăchescu

Catrina

Graziela Albini

Graziela Albini

Anghelina

Eugenia Bosânceanu

Eugenia Bosânceanu

Mara

Dorin Dron

Dorin Dron

Ștefan

Victor Moldovan

Victor Moldovan

Anton

Mihai Mereuţă

Mihai Mereuţă

Mihai Fotino

Mihai Fotino

Voicu Sabău

Adrian Zografi, Mature

Nicolae Budescu

Drunk

Storyline

An ex-convict struggles to survive by brute force alone in a turn-of-the-century slum in Bucharest. Codine is the thug who served 10 years for murdering a friend. He returns home to his miserly mother, whose penny-pinching ways infuriate her son. A young boy looks up to Codine, and through the man's eyes he sees the economic and social injustices from an adult perspective. When Codine kills another man who violated his trust, his mother becomes more unhinged and paranoid. Thinking her son will steal her hoarded money, she plots to kill her only son. The impressionable child watches in horror and amazement at the cruel machinations of the adult work that surrounds him.

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