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Completed - ROMANIAN, ITALIAN - Drama - 90 minutes

Log Line

A young natural gas plumber is forced to decide between drilling through an icon in the church and destroying it, or save it by accepting drastic consequences.

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2022 (Premiere)
  • Ventana Sur 2022 (Premiere)
  • San Sebastian 2022 (Line up)
  • Berlin EFM 2023 (Screening)
Full history

Year of production : 2022

Director(s) : Anatol DURBALA
Writer(s) : Anatol DURBALA
Cast : Igor CARAS-ROMANOV, Tudor TURCAN, Olga ANGHELICI

Producer(s) : Sergiu CUMATRENCO (YOUBESC CREATIVE INSTITUTE (DAX TANDEM SRL)), Sergiu PASCARU (PASCARU PRODUCTION), Sergiu PASCARU (MAYA FILMS STUDIO), Marin CUMATRENCO (BADEAMIC), Vasili TIPA (TVA LOGISTICS), Garri COVALSCHI (HERMES NVC), Nicolae POPESCU (HERMES NVC), Veaceslav CIOBANU (HERMES NVC)

Synopsis

Sasha works for a natural-gas company. When his wife hardly gives birth 2 months early, Sasha is searching for money to save the premature baby. Despite this, he refuses to take bribes, which threatens his job and leads to friction with his colleagues. His wife doesn’t understand him anymore. Faced with a crisis, Sasha receives an order to install a furnace in a church, where he will have to destroy an icon painted on the church wall. Hoping to save the sacred image, Sasha has to corrupt the system.

Production

Country(ies) : MOLDOVA, ROMANIA

Festivals and Awards

San Sebastian FF 2022 WIP Europa
Ventana Sur 2022 European Screenings
Zurich FF 2023 Feature Film Competition


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