The Pale Light of Sorrow

Original title: Lumina palidă a durerii

Directed by Iulian Mihu

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?