Occident (film)

Occident is a 2002 Romanian film directed by Cristian Mungiu. It stars Alexandru Papadopol as a 29-year-old man named Luci and Anca Androne as his wife Sorina. The film is a tragicomedy about young people who move to the West when they are not financially successful in Romania.

Occident
2002 Movie poster
Directed by	Cristian Mungiu
Written by	Cristian Mungiu
Starring	Alexandru Papadopol and Anca-Ioana Androne
Cinematography	Vivi Drăgan Vasile
Edited by	Niţă Chivulescu
Music by	Petru Mărgineanu and Ioan Gyuri Pascu
Production company	Temple Film
Distributed by	New Films Romania Pro Video
Release date	2002 (2002)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Romania
Language	Romanian

Cast

• Alexandru Papadopol as Luci
• Anca-Ioana Androne as Sorina
• Samuel Tastet as Jérôme
• Tania Popa as Mihaela
• Coca Bloos as Mihaela's mother
• Julieta Strîmbeanu as Granny
• Eugenia Bosânceanu as Aunt Leana
• Ioan Gyuri Pascu as Gică
• Valeriu Andriuţă as Nae
• Nicolongo as Luigi
• Dorel Vișan as The cop
• Gabriel Spahiu as The mute Spaniard
• Michael Beck as The Dutchman
• Jérôme Bounkazi as The Italian
• Tora Vasilescu as The school-mistress

See also

• Romanian New Wave

External links

• Occident at IMDb
• Description of film