Gary, 30, an extremely ambitious scandal reporter, has to make compromising photographs of an opposition’s deputy, who is suspected to have intimate relations with un underage girl. Gary moves to Miss’s attic, an at the limit of despair, over 45, suburb prostitute, where from he can watch the deputy’s hotel room. Risking very much, he succeeds to make those photographs. For one month, offering Miss a solution for surviving, Gary covers all the expenses. After accomplishing his mission, he leaves the same way he came. Not being capable to make a new start, Miss commits suicide. Gary is arrested… —Ager-Film
Nicolae Margineanu was born September 25, 1938 in Cluj, Romania. He graduated from the Cameraman Section of the Theatre and Film Institute in Bucharest. He was director of photography on nine films and director on 12 features. His feature directorial debut THIS ABOVE ALL (1978) won Best Direction at the Romanian National Film Festival, SOMEWHERE IN THE EAST (Undeva în Est, 1991) was included in the Berlinale, and 1999’s THE FAMOUS PAPARAZZO (“Faimosul paparazzo,” 1999) has been seen worldwide. —cinemafoundation.com