Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- wistful
- intimate
- quiet evening
- arthouse romance night
What sets it apart
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Angela is a divorced woman and taxi driver seeking a conventional relationship while negotiating her own desires and independence.
Angela's profession as a Bucharest taxi driver places conversations, chance meetings, and relationship tensions inside a mobile workplace.
The plot explicitly follows a middle-aged couple and Angela's hope for a socially recognized relationship.
The film combines comedy and drama with feminism, divorce, work, and reproductive choice in contemporary Bucharest.
Films like Angela Goes On, and why
An Unmarried Woman
women-centered romantic drama focused on an independent working woman navigating intimacy and social expectations
Márta, 2/2
warm, socially observant mature romance balancing comedy with questions of gender roles and personal autonomy
A Woman Under the Influence
european relationship drama about adult desire, loneliness, and the pressure to conform to conventional romance
Movie Details
- Director
- Lucian Bratu
- Release Date
- 1982-03-08
- Runtime
- 76 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (7)
Cast
- Dorina Lazăr
- Dorina Păunescu
- László Miske
- Cornelia Rădulescu
- Felicia Popică
- Cătălina Murgea
- Tudor Heica
- Valentin Uritescu
- Iulia Boros
- Maria Junghetu
Common questions
- What is Angela Goes On about?
- A divorced Bucharest taxi driver searches for conventional love while defending the independence that adulthood has taught her to value.
- What is Angela Goes On like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Angela Goes On as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Angela Goes On violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Angela Goes On as mild.
- Which films are like Angela Goes On?
- Films with a similar feel include An Unmarried Woman, Márta, 2/2, and A Woman Under the Influence.
- How long is Angela Goes On?
- Angela Goes On runs 76 minutes.
