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Cast
(Credited cast)| Vasile Albinet | ... | Miner | |
| Doru Ana | |||
| Andreea Banciu | |||
| Cecilia Bârbora | ... | Alina Ungureanu | |
| Ion Bechet | (as Ioan Bechet) | ||
| Mihai Bratila | |||
| Tiberiu Buta | |||
| Zoltan Butuc | |||
| Florin Calinescu | ... | Maireanu | |
| Costel Cascaval | |||
| Marinela Chelaru | |||
| Andrei Chirila | |||
| Mihai Clita | |||
| Marcello Cobzarju | |||
| Gabriela Codre | |||
| Viorel Comanici | |||
| Dan Condurache | |||
| Gabriel Costa | |||
| Sorin Cristea | ... | Psychiatrist | |
| Adina Cristescu | |||
| Constantin Delica | |||
| Ion Dorutiu | |||
| Ion Fiscuteanu | ... | Oana | |
| Luminita Gheorghiu | |||
| Dumitru Ghiuzelea | |||
| Ioan Ginju | |||
| Ioan Grosan | |||
| Sandu Mihai Gruia | (as Mihai Sandu) | ||
| Emil Hostina | |||
| Lucian Iancu | (as Iancu Lucian) | ||
| Jarczek-Zamfirescu Ildiku | |||
| Velica Iona | |||
| Serban Ionescu | |||
| Radu Juru | |||
| Andrei Morosanu | |||
| Ovidiu Niculescu | |||
| Gavril Patru | |||
| Raluca Petra | |||
| Ionut Pohariu | |||
| Tania Popa | |||
| Vasile Popa | |||
| Ionel Popescu | |||
| Victor Rebengiuc | ... | Elephant Foot | |
| Mircea Rusu | ... | Munteanu | |
| Cornel Scripcaru | |||
| Gheorghe Seres | |||
| Razvan Vasilescu | ... | Dumitri Costa | |
| Dorel Visan | ... | The prefect | |
| Cristian Vorniceiu |
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Lucian Pintilie's film is an exploration of the life of the miners disguised as a thriller. The events of the infamous "mineriada" - when in June 1990 miners attacked peaceful protesters in Bucharest and have been thanked by Romanian president Iliescu - are not the main focus of the film but they do provide a background as well as a starting point for the film. Pintilie does not try to excuse the behavior of the miners but he does try to see what makes people behave in such an appalling way. His alter ego in the film is the investigator, a young and inexperienced Dumitru Costa brilliantly portrayed by Razvan Vasilescu who tries to uncover crimes committed in the mine and discovers a myriad of corruption. This allows Pintilie to show the difficult, often dehumanizing life of the miners. The film is full with unforgettable grim images such as the scene of a dead body coming in a conveyor belt. While being critical to the behavior of the miners, Pintilie also shows a remarkable sympathy for those who work in such difficult conditions. But do the victims of the "mineriada" agree? Nonetheless Pintilie makes clear that there is no hope for life and even the idealistic investigator ultimately chooses the way of exile.