Completed - ROMANIAN - Black comedy, First film, Road movie - 103 minutes
On their way to the front in Transnistria, two friends who recently signed up for the army find a carbonized body and are sent on an absurd journey with a tractor to discover its identity.
Year of production : 2022 Director(s) : Ion BORȘ Writer(s) : Mariana STARCIUC Cast : Dumitru ROMAN, Ion VÂNTU, Igor CARAS-ROMANOV, Adriana BÎTCĂ, Ion COȘERU, Vitalie VASILACHI, Constantin HARET, Victor TRIBOI, Alla DONȚU, Veaceslav MEREUȚĂ, Ion ALICI, Lidia NOVICOV, Viorel CORNESCU Producer(s) : Sergiu CUMATRENCO (YOUBESC CREATIVE INSTITUTE (DAX TANDEM SRL)), Ion BORȘ (Kantora Film Production), Sergiu PASCARU (Pascaru Production), Sergiu PASCARU (Maya Films Studio), Marin CUMATRENCO (BADEAMIC), Garri COVALSCHI (Hermes NVC), Vasilii TIPA (TVA Logistics), Luis COLLAR (NEPHILIM PRODUCCIONES), Marin CUMATRENCO (YOUBESC AYA), Sergiu CUMATRENCO (YOUBESC AYA), Nicolae POPESCU (Hermes NVC), Veaceslav CIOBANU (Hermes NVC)
Moldova in the early 90s: DIMA, a tractor driver, wants tobe enrolled in the military troops to take part in the local war on the Transnistrian border. VASEA, an Afghanistan war veteran, joins him. While on their way to the front, they find a carbonized body. Authorities ignore them and don't help them to identify the body. Dima and Vasea decide to bury the corpse according to the proper Christian rituals, but shortly they will go, together with the body, on an absurd journey to discover his identity.
Country(ies) : MOLDOVA, ROMANIA, SPAIN
RAVAC IFF 2018 (RAVAC Pitch - Best Pitch)Connecting Cottbus 2019 (Best Pitch)Transilvania International Film Festival 2019 (TPS - CoCo Award)Kinopavasaris 2020 (MPV - Coming Soon Session)SSIFF 2021 (WIP EUROPA Industry Award)SSIFF 2021 (WIP EUROPA AWARD)San Sebastian FF 2022 New DirectorsVentana Sur 2022 European Screenings