Directed by Dan Pița and Mircea Veroiu • 1972 • Romania

A long-overlooked cult classic of Romanian cinema set in the rolling mountains of Transylvania, The Stone Wedding is a folkloric film poem in two parts. The first, directed by the late Mircea Veroiu, follows a widow’s travails as she toils against the odds to provide for her daughter. The second, by Dan Pița, is a more naturalistic and comedic story about an itinerant musician fixing to abscond with the bride from a wedding he has been hired to play. Based on the beloved short stories of Ion Agârbiceanu, featuring stunning cinematography from the great Iosif Demian and a stirring score, these Transylvanian tales of escape and entrapment reveal a countercurrent in Romanian cinema that recalls the likes of Béla Tarr and Emir Kusturica.

THE STONE WEDDING • NUNTA DE PIATRĂ
Written and directed by Dan Pița and Mircea Veroiu
From short stories by Ion Agârbiceanu
Cinematography by Iosif Demian
Music by Dorin Liviu Zaharia
Starring: Leopoldina Bălănuță, Mircea Diaconu, Radu Boruzescu

In Romanian with English subtitles