Ion: The Lust for the Land, the Lust for Love
1980, Romanian. Directed by Mircea Mureșan.
Jon, a young peasant love more "the land" than his engaged girlhood, Florica.Just when Ion thinks he has become master of his own land, he realizes that he has betrayed his heart, and that he is still in love with Florica, not with his wife. It is the curse of love that will be Ion's undoing. Badly mistreated, Ana, his wife, is driven to despair and she hangs herself. Ion, now free and wealthy, believes that the time has come for him to have Florica. Florica's husband, George waylays Ion and savagely murders him with a hoe.
- Runtime
- 3h 25m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Romanian
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Cast & crew
- Mircea MureșanDirector
- Şerban IonescuIon
- Ioana CrăciunescuAna Baciu
- Leopoldina BălănuțăZenobia
- Ion BesoiuIon Belciug
- Tamara Buciuceanu-BotezMaria Herdelea
- Petre GheorghiuVasile Baciu
- Valentin TeodosiuGheorghe
- Octavian CotescuZaharia Herdelea
- Catrinel DumitrescuLaura
- Romeo PopTitus Herdelea
- Valeria SeciuSavista
- Costel ConstantinGrofșoru
Details
- Released
- 14 April 1980
- Original title
- Ion: Blestemul pământului, blestemul iubirii
- Country
- Romania
- Written by
- Titus Popovici
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Who directed Ion: The Lust for the Land, the Lust for Love?
Ion: The Lust for the Land, the Lust for Love (1980) was directed by Mircea Mureșan and stars Şerban Ionescu, Ioana Crăciunescu, Leopoldina Bălănuță.