Ion Fiscuteanu, 1937 - 2007.

Ion Fiscuteanu, a Romanian stage and film actor known to international audiences for his role in The Death of Mr Lazarescu, died early Saturday in Bucharest. He was 70.... The Death of Mr Lazarescu directed by Cristi Puiu, won the Prix un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005, a watershed moment in the current renaissance of Romanian cinema. Mr Fiscuteanu, who went on to win acting awards for his performance at the Copenhagen and Transylvania film festivals, appears in nearly every frame of the movie.

AO Scott, New York Times.

See also: the Wikipedia entry.

Posted by dwhudson at December 11, 2007 12:20 AM