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Too Late (1996 film)

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Too Late
Directed byLucian Pintilie
Written byLucian Pintilie
Răsvan Popescu
Produced byVéronique Cayla
Marin Karmitz
Constantin Popescu
StarringCecilia Bârbora
CinematographyCalin Ghibu
Edited byVictorita Nae
Music byAdrian Mantu
Release date
  • May 1996 (1996-05)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryRomania
LanguageRomanian

Too Late (Romanian: Prea târziu) is a 1996 Romanian drama film directed by Lucian Pintilie. It was entered into the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Dumitru Costa, a young trainee prosecutor is entrusted with the investigation about the suspicious death of a Jiu Valley coal miner in 1990s Romania. Accident or murder? Costa is being helped during this investigation by Alina, a good-looking young topographer engineer; it is love at first sight between them both. Two other miners are killed in a long closed down gallery. The investigation relentlessly led by Costa soon begins to bother the local authorities. The mine management dread unrest among the miners who lives under the threat of the closing down of mining development. The officials strive to hush the matter up. Costa and Alina receive threats over the phone.

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References

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  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Too Late". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 18 September 2009.[permanent dead link]
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