Codine

CannesFilmFestival<br/>　　Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)<br/>　　1963 Won BestScreenplay<br/>　　DumitruCarabat<br/>　　HenriColpi<br/>　　YvesJamiaque<br/>　　Nominated GoldenPalm<br/>　　HenriColpi<br/>　　Anex-convictstrugglestosurvivebybruteforcealoneinaturn-of-the-centurysluminBucharest.Codine(AlexandreVirgilPlaton)isthethugwhoserved10yearsformurderingafriend.Hereturnshometohismiserlymother,whosepenny-pinchingwaysinfuriateherson.AyoungboylooksuptoCodine,andthroughtheman'seyesheseestheeconomicandsocialinjusticesfromanadultperspective.WhenCodinekillsanothermanwhoviolatedhistrust,hismotherbecomesmoreunhingedandparanoid.Thinkinghersonwillstealherhoardedmoney,sheplotstokillheronlyson.Theimpressionablechildwatchesinhorrorandamazementatthecruelmachinationsoftheadultworkthatsurroundshim.