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The Cuckoo Still Sings When It Rains

The Cuckoo Still Sings When It Rains

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The Cuckoo Still Sings When It Rains

1978

0h 20m

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A reporter from the Scânteia newspaper arrives in the small mountain town of Bocșa to document the abuses committed many years ago, in 1962, by the headmaster of the town's high school, with the complicity of local authorities.

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Directed by: Ioan Cărmăzan
Written by: Ioan Cărmăzan
Produced by: Alcibiade Lianos

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