class="">REPUBLIC OF MELANIA by Irina Nechit

REPUBLIC OF MELANIA by Irina Nechit

18 October| 20:00 – Odeon Theatre, Majestic Hall

Melania, an elderly woman living in Băxani, an isolated hamlet of Bessarabia, lives by herself, as her children all live and work abroad.

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Cast:

Melania: Rodica Mandache

Vasile: Emanuel Varga

Directed by: Gelu Colceag

Set Design: Adrian Damian

Light Design: Cristian Niculescu

Video: Luca Achim

Duration: 1 h 15 min  (no intermission)

Odeon Theatre, Bucharest

English surtitles

Not only does she embalm birds, she also knows about “Bessarabia”, the local paper, she reads church books, she is a subscriber to modern newspapers, writes notes about her village, and has always marked down the people who died in Băxani. She is a chronicler of her village, a guardian of memory.

Foto: Andrei Runcanu