First of 2 films set during the 18th century in the mountains of Wallachia, about a band of outlaws aiming to undermine the rule of the Phanariots and the Ottomans….

In 19th century Wallachia war-bands of Ottoman Turks from across the Danube river raid Wallachia with impunity, while Wallachia’s Phanariote rulers don’t oppose them.

Nae Girimea, a barber from a late 19th-century Bucharest neighborhood, finds a new mistress, Didina. This event sparks the insane jealousy of his ‘soulmate’ mistress, Mita Baston, as well as…

The plot take place in 1883 in a small provincial town in Romania, where the corrupt establishment decide everything, including – of course – who will be the “elected” representative…