''Occident'' is a
2002 Romania
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film directed by
Cristian Mungiu
Cristian Mungiu (; born 27 April 1968) is a Romanian filmmaker. He won the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival for his film ''4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days'', which he wrote and directed. He has also won the awards for Best Screenplay an ...
. It stars
Alexandru Papadopol as a 29-year-old man named Luci and
Anca Androne as his wife Sorina. The film is a
tragicomedy
Tragicomedy is a literary genre that blends aspects of both tragic and comic forms. Most often seen in dramatic literature, the term can describe either a tragic play which contains enough comic elements to lighten the overall mood or a seriou ...
about young people who move to the
West
West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth.
Etymology
The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some ...
when they are not financially successful in Romania.
Cast
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Alexandru Papadopol as Luci
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Anca-Ioana Androne as Sorina
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Samuel Tastet as Jérôme
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Tania Popa as Mihaela
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Coca Bloos as Mihaela's mother
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Julieta Strîmbeanu as Granny
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Eugenia Bosânceanu as Aunt Leana
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Ioan Gyuri Pascu
Ioan Gyuri Pascu (; also credited as Ioan Ghiurico Pascu, Gyuri Pascu, and Ghyuri Pascu; August 31, 1961 – September 26, 2016) was a Romanian pop music singer, producer, actor, and comedian, also known for his participation in the comedy grou ...
as Gică
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Valeriu Andriuţă as Nae
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Nicolongo as Luigi
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Dorel Vișan as The cop
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Gabriel Spahiu as The mute Spaniard
*Michael Beck as The Dutchman
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Jérôme Bounkazi as The Italian
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Tora Vasilescu as The school-mistress
See also
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Romanian New Wave
References
External links
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Description of film
2002 films
Romanian comedy-drama films
2000s Romanian-language films
Films directed by Cristian Mungiu
2002 comedy-drama films
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