Completed - ENGLISH, ROMANIAN - Drama, First film, Social issues - 88 minutes
They say when life hands you lemons, make lemonade. This story, inspired by real events, reveals the true taste of the American Dream.
Year of production : 2018 Director(s) : Ioana URICARU Cast : Malina MANOVICI, Dylan SMITH, Steve BACIC Producer(s) : Cristian MUNGIU (Mobra Film), Yanick LETOURNEAU (Peripheria), Christophe KUKULA (42Film), Eike GORECZKA (42Film), Sean WHEELAN (Filmgate)
While working in the US on a temporary visa as a caretaker, Mara, a 30 year-old single mother from Romania, marries Daniel, an American. After the arrival of her son Dragos, everything seems to have fallen perfectly into place. When the process of getting a green card veers unexpectedly off course, however, Mara is faced with abuses of power on every level and forced to answer a dark question about herself –how far would you go to get what you want?
Country(ies) : ROMANIA, CANADA, GERMANY, SWEDEN
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Berlin, Panorama 2018Tribeca 2018 (International Narrative Competition)goEast FF, Germany 2018