Granted that Romanis is not one of the most advanced nations in Europe, and communism and the dictatorship held the country back from going forward. But this series make Romania look like it was run by a handful of incompetent families. Acting is so wooden that I can't tell whether it is acting or the way people were during the time. Bad acting damages the country's image.
shareWell, considering that only hardliner communists promote the "Pacepa was a KGB agent" meme, no matter if true or false, we may say that those incompetent families made the series we've seen... and in that case there isn't really a difference between "people were during the time" and "bad acting."
You can't expect much from a country founded on theft (since 1918) and lies (since 1944)...
P.S. the actress playing the 16 year old daughter is 24 years old but looks at least 35... is that because of the batallions of ex-securitate officers and ex-party members sexually abusing her since she was 10 years old... or because of the drug abuse mandatory in the LGTBQQ+ sphere? are these two things related just like "people were during the time" and "bad acting" are related?