Vidas provisionales

It is not easy to maintain an extramarital affair if you are an official of a cultural institution in Romania in the 1970s. Under Ceauscescu's yoke, when government control permeates everything, Sorin seeks love, and Letitia, an escape valve. of their disappointing married life. In their clandestine meetings, they both fantasize in vain about leaving behind the rigors of the regime and the fear that the true origin of their families will be discovered, which would compromise their position in the Party. Gabriela Adamesteanu immerses us in the delirious universe of communist Romania and, with an extraordinary mastery, delves into the touching fate of its protagonists, doomed to betrayal and lies.