Completed - ROMANIAN, RUSSIAN - Black comedy - 84 minutes
A Charming Tragedy
Year of production : 2016 Director(s) : Igor COBILEANSKI Writer(s) : Igor COBILEANSKI Cast : Ion SAPDARU, Constantin PUSCASU, Daniel BUSUIOC Producer(s) : Iuliana TARNOVETCHI (ALIEN FILM)
Eastern Business is a dark comedy full of humor and absurd situations. The film tells the story of an unlikely friendship between two Moldavian men, Marian (Constantin Puscasu), a 45-year-old intellectual choir singer, and Petro (Iona Sapdaru), a 40-year-old sneak thief loser. Confronted with poverty and lack of perspective, the two men start an exhausting journey, trying to make money to reach their dreams. Marian wishes to finally marry his fiancée, Veronica, and Petro dreams about buying a crane and earning money from its rental. Getting acquainted in jail after a stupid fight, Marian and Petro decide to become business partners and start working towards a plan. They manage to close a deal with three Caucasian gangsters and buy a wagon full of horseshoes, but they are soon robbed and everything seems to be turning to dust. Even if they are constantly followed by bad luck, the two men don’t lose their optimism and always try different things to earn their money. Eastern Business is a charming tragic, yet comic, film about how absurd and sarcastic sometimes life proves to be.
Country(ies) : ROMANIA, LITHUANIA, MOLDOVA
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