Mihai Dobre

Investigation into the death of a modest cashier.

Maria Sorescu, director of a re-education school, becomes mayor of a town. She tries to improve the predecessors' record.

The grim realities of daily life in post-Communist Romania are described in this dark drama, which was filmed on-location in the poorer areas of Bucharest. Pepe & Fifi are brother and sister. Pepe is a struggling boxer, and Fifi is a barfly addicted to Bucharest's sleazy night life. This movie chronicles their daily lives while commenting upon the political and economic situation in Romania.