Felix and Otilia
{{Infobox film
| image =Julieta_Szönyi_Felix_și_Otilia.jpg
| caption =Julieta Szönyi
| director = Iulian Mihu
| producer = Marin Gheoroaie
| writer = George Călinescu (novel)
Ioan Grigorescu
| starring = {{ill|Radu Boruzescu|ro}}
Julieta Szönyi
Sergiu Nicolaescu
Gheorghe Dinică
{{ill|Gina Patrichi|ro}}
{{ill|Ovidiu Schumacher|ro}}
Ion Dichiseanu
| music = Anatol Vieru
| editing = Lucia Anton
| distributor = Româniafilm
| released = {{Film date|1972|03|20}}
| country = Romania
| runtime = 146 minutes
| language = Romanian
| budget =
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Felix and Otilia ({{Langx|ro|Felix și Otilia}}) is a 1972 Romanian drama film based on George Călinescu's 1938 novel Enigma Otiliei. The film was directed by Iulian Mihu and scripted by Ioan Grigorescu. The titular roles are played by {{ill|Radu Boruzescu|ro}} and Julieta Szönyi.
Production
Screenwriter Ioan Grigorescu and director Iulian Mihu held "long and resultful discussions" with George Călinescu about an adaptation of his novel, {{ill|Enigma Otiliei|ro}}. The writer said that he wanted the film to be made in the style of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, a musical film. He allegedly hummed a song that the screenwriter allegedly reproduced to composer Anatol Vieru.Ioana Popescu - "De vorbă cu Ioan Grigorescu" (Editura Artprint, București, 2010), p. 43-44. But in fact, what Vieru uses in this song is a mode he had widely used in his earlier works from the 1960s (Cello concerto n°1, Chamber Symphony, The Struggle against Inertia). The song was played by Aurelian Andreescu and was used before the credit titles in the beginning of the film.
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Category:1970s Romanian-language films
Category:Films based on Romanian novels
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