Mingea

Story

Synopsis

With his nose pressed against the glass, four-year-old Ionel watches the kids playing ball in the street with great interest. His father, a schoolteacher, has lost his job. Now he goes to various institutions in vain, because in bourgeois Romania it is not easy to find a job. Ionel waits for his father every night and while waiting for him he dreams of getting a real yellow ball for his birthday. His father realizes that it is necessary to get the money and buy the ball. After all, the boy is crippled, and the ball is the only hope for him to get well...

Directors

Andrei Blaier, Siniša Ivetić

Writers

Francisc Munteanu, Siniša Ivetić, Andrei Blaier

Language

Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan

Country

Romania

Release date

31 December 1958

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Lazăr Vrabie

  Father

• Ion Bodeanu

  Ionel

• 

  Andrei Codarcea

  Chirita

• Ion Ulmeni

  High school principal

• 

  Sandu Sticlaru

  Politalul

• Lucia Mara Dabija

  Music teacher

• Antoaneta Gilmeanu

• Chirita Misail

• Consuela Rosu

• Mircea Stroe

• Mircea Constantin-Govora

• Tatiana Stefanescu