Summer 1913, in a village near Buzăul. Ionica, the schoolteacher's son, witnesses the hard life of the poor villagers. The war is coming and his landless neighbors have to work 16 hours a day at the oil wells for miserable wages. Is there hope for them?
Cinematic evocation of the Horea, Cloşca and Crişan.
Inspired by the Moisei massacre in 1944 northern Transylvania.
