Occident

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. 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 References