Dinu Apetrei

Venu pour inaugurer une éolienne, le sénateur désire manger des escargots. Comme au temps de Ceaușescu, tous les habitants du village sont mobilisés pour en trouver. Un drame survient, mais le sénateur, déçu par son dîner, ne veut pas s’en mêler.

Jacob (Dorel Visan) is a gold miner who risks his life daily to support his wife, mother-in-law, and four children in this socio-political drama. Under the rule of an oppressive monarchy backed by military force, the miners often resort to stealing gold to compensate for their meager wages. Workers are subjected to strip searches and are forced to take laxatives by the often brutal guards and inspectors as they look for stolen gold, and Jacob raises his vocal objections over the treatment of his fellow workers.

A concrete expert is torn between his family, who wants to settle in a city, and his work, which requires constant relocating.