Completed - ROMANIAN, RUSSIAN - Black comedy - 87 minutes
An unlikely friendship between two different Moldavians who dream of fortunes. An absurd road movie scattered with laughers as well as gloom.
Year of production : 2016 Director(s) : Igor COBILEANSKI Writer(s) : Igor COBILEANKSI Cast : Ion SAPDARU, Constantin PUSCASU 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, an intellectual choir singer, and Petro, a 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 Financing plan : Alien Film (RO) - producerJust a Moment (LT) - coproducerBrio Film (MD) - coproducerRomanian Center of Cinematography (CNC) - financerLithuanian FIlm Center - financerHBO - financerTVR - financerMediacom - financer Start of shooting : July 2015
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