Ion: The Lust for the Land, the Lust for Love
1980
205 minutes
Overview
Jon, a young peasant love more "the land" than his engaged girlhood, Florica.Just when Ion thinks he has become master of his own land, he realizes that he has betrayed his heart, and that he is still in love with Florica, not with his wife. It is the curse of love that will be Ion's undoing. Badly mistreated, Ana, his wife, is driven to despair and she hangs herself. Ion, now free and wealthy, believes that the time has come for him to have Florica. Florica's husband, George waylays Ion and savagely murders him with a hoe.
Top Cast
Şerban Ionescu
Ion
Ioana Crăciunescu
Ana Baciu
Leopoldina Bălănuță
Zenobia
Ion Besoiu
Ion Belciug
Tamara Buciuceanu-Botez
Maria Herdelea
Petre Gheorghiu
Vasile Baciu
Valentin Teodosiu
Gheorghe
Octavian Cotescu
Zaharia Herdelea
Catrinel Dumitrescu
Laura
Romeo Pop
Titus Herdelea
Valeria Seciu
Savista
Costel Constantin
Grofșoru
Jean Lorin Florescu
Avrum the Bartender
Dan Nuțu
Lieutenant
Zephi Alșec
Dernstein
Sorina Stănculescu
Florica