Dinu Manolache
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Dinu Manolache.
Born: May 13, 1955
Place of Birth: Rogova, Mehedinți, Romania
Known For
Drawings on Asphalt
One of the last movies made during the communist era in Romania. The plot : a drawing contest for kids in Bucharest. More important : this is a movie about childhood, creativity. Strange topics for a country that was about to fall apart. 50 minutes - by Elisabeta Bostan, who made great movies for kids in the 60's and 70's (such as Veronica).
The Sign of the Serpent
This movie retells the story of a revenge that sweeps over the social and political events of the '40s. Because they sent her son to war and he never came back, his tough mother, Ecaterina Handraburu, decides to have her revenge on those who plotted to leave her heirless and grab her possessions.
Reach for the Sky
A petite Romanian gymnast trains with her teammates for what she hopes will be Olympic perfection.
Fata Morgana
Virgil, the son of a director, fails to get into college and he is drafted in the army. This "forced" growing up is even more painful as he is followed by a "fata morgana", a lost love.
Starting Over
Traumatized by the loss of his wife, Vasile, an engineer, joins a new work collective in the provinces, at the ARO factory. Saddened by his loneliness, Cristina overcomes his resistance by becoming close to his little boy.
Ana and the Thief
A young man is freed from prison. The communists are reforming him.
Sword Swallower
The movie describes the life of a former circus artist who earns his living from the presentation in villages and towns of a sensational number entitled "Sword Swallower".
Năpasta
This is a film about love, crime of passion, revenge, happening in the Romanian countryside, late XIX century.
Mult mai de preț e iubirea
A young girl, who keeps trying unsuccessfully to get into college, wins a large sum at the Lottery. She goes to Bucharest, to find herself.
Căruța cu mere
Romania in the year 1947: two years after the end of the second World War, the King (Mihai of Hohenzollern and Romania) has to leave the country, the communism is knocking at the door, and in these uncertain times, two young people are fighting to get their dream become real artists.
Filmography
as Petru
as Dinu Petre
as Tatăl
as Petre
as The Recruit
as Victor
as Virgil Alexiu
as Simion Handrabur
as Vasile