Betrayal
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Radu Mihaileanu
Johan Leysen
Mireille Perrier
Alexandru Repan
Razvan Vasilescu
Maia Morgenstern
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
After years of abuse in prison, dissident writer George Vlaicu is on the verge of physical and mental collapse when an inspector from the Securitate, the Romanian secret police, makes him an offer: leave jail and continue to write poetry, but report on the activities of your old friends. Vlaicu reluctantly agrees and begins living a duplicitous existence, attempting to reintegrate himself into the artistic community, but still acting as an unwilling, rebellious informer.
Director
Radu Mihaileanu
Cast
Johan Leysen
Mireille Perrier
Alexandru Repan
Razvan Vasilescu
Maia Morgenstern
Radu Beligan
Danielle Hugues
Olga Bucataru
Silviu Stanculescu
George Paunescu
Dan Condurache
Luminita Gheorghiu
Illeana Cernat
Mircea Albulescu
Vladimir Munteanu
Pope Justin
Crew
Sylvain Bursztejn
Nathalie Chéron
Laurent Dailland
Olivet Jacquet
Jean-pierre Laforce
Radu Mihaileanu
Laurent Moussard
Christian Niculescu
Viorica Petrovici
Temistocle Popa
Catherine Quesemand
Eliane Stutterheim
Dominique Warnier
Film Details
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Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Grand Prix of the Americas at the 1993 Montreal World Film Festival.
Winner of the jury's Special Prize at the 1994 Istanbul International Film Festival.
Feature directorial debut for Radu Mihaileanu.
Shown at Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in New York City April 29 - May 12, 1994.
Shown at Istanbul International Film Festival April 2-17, 1994.
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival August 26 - September 6, 1993.
Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 18 - April 3, 1994.
Shown at Sundance Film Festival (US Premiere) in Park City, Utah January 20-30, 1994.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 30 - October 16, 1994.
color
dialogue French
subtitled English
