Patima (1975)

Childhood memories of Sever about his mother, Pauna, who becomes one of the richest women in the city of Lugoj in the first years after World War II. She is a middle aged war widow with two grown children, Sever and Sabina and marries a rich tobacco shopkeeper, Dionisie. The desire to raise money from the merchandise takes her away from the family: the two children feel abandoned by their mother. Dionisie's cousin, Tie has a passion for the young widow and is jealous of his uncle. Her husband dies after a heart attack, Sever leaves the parental home and works as a worker at the CFR depot in the city and Sabina dies as a victim of a calf. The prospect of marriage with Martalogu, the lawyer who runs his business, takes her out of apathy, but things seem to get even worse.