Completed - ROMANIAN, ITALIAN - Drama, Social issues, Second film - 93 minutes
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.
Year of production : 2023 Director(s) : Anatol DURBALA Writer(s) : Anatol DURBALĂ Cast : Igor CARAS-ROMANOV, Tudor ȚURCAN, Olga ANGHELICI Producer(s) : Sergiu CUMATRENCO (YOUBESC CREATIVE INSTITUTE (DAX TANDEM SRL)), Sergiu CUMATRENCO (YOUBESC AYA), Marin CUMATRENCO (YOUBESC AYA), Sergiu PASCARU (Pascaru Production), Sergiu PASCARU (Maya Films Studio), Marin CUMATRENCO (BADEAMIC), Vasilii TIPA (TVA Logistics), Garri COVALSCHI (Hermes NVC), Nicolae POPESCU (Hermes NVC), Veaceslav CIOBANU (Hermes NVC)
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.
Country(ies) : MOLDOVA, ROMANIA
Transilvania IFF 2018 (TPS - Romanian CNC Development Award)FILM+ 2019 (Develpment Projects)Sarajevo FF 2019 (Talents Sarajevo, Pack & Pitch)Bridges Film Days @BOZAR 2020 (East Film Projects)Meeting Point Vilnius 2022 (Coming Soon Projects)San Sebastian 2022 (WIP Europa)