Gheorghe Ghițulescu

Follows the inner transformation of a man who tried to fight his demon, the love for money, and lost.

In 1930s Romania, a desperate gambler exploits an elderly man for casino luck, an act that triggers his own severe psychological undoing. Consumed by madness, he transfers his obsession to a painting that resembles his mother and forces his girlfriend to physically mimic the portrait, driving her to a suicide attempt. As she is committed to a sanatorium, his deranged mind completely detaches from reality against the backdrop of a decaying, pre-war fascist society.

A counterespionage office get a mission to go to the Black Sea shore and catch a spy network that got their hands on a secret fuel formula.