The Stone Cross

The film is set in a quarter of Bucharest. The quarter is called the Stone Cross. It is an area of poor brothels. It has become a familiar part of the life of the city. The events take place just before the communist period. The new rulers bring their own rules of morals. A decision is taken to close the quarter down. The film tells those last days. Women, customers and local tradesmen are all there. Among them is a party official on his way down. A Russian officer comes into the quarter as well. A young poet wanders through it. There is a secret service man too. The film draws these types close to caricature. The telling mixes humour with drama. Gheorghe Dinică and Florina Cercel appear in the ninety six minute film, a Romanian production Andrei Blaier finished in 1994.