Alexandru Papadopol

Eager for cash to start his own business, ambitious Ovidiu agrees to deliver a suspicious package for a local gangster. Knowing he'll be paid well for the job, Ovidiu embarks on his journey from Constanta to Bucharest with two friend in tow. But the trio are unprepared for the difficulties ahead, including a mysterious jeep that seems to be following them. (Yahoo! Movies)

Occident tells, in mosaic mode, three different stories which happen at the same time, interconnect and cross each other, with each story adding a new perspective on the previous one. Mungiu uses humour and lightness of touch to make a comment about early post-communist Romania, a depressing landscape resulting from the collision of the former communist world with the new and flamboyant capitalist offer. (Romanian Cultural Centre)

A director (Bogdan Dumitrache) with two weeks left on his latest film fakes an ulcer in order to delay production and pursue a romance with his lead actress and muse (Diana Avramut). (tiff.net)

Follows Dan Bratu (Alexandru Papadopol) and Bianca (Bianca Neagu) as they deal with Ioana Bratu's death, a beloved wife and mother.

In August 1983, architect Dinu Neagu together with his wife and two children, a boy and a girl, are on a beach of nudists near an industrial area. He is arrested and taken to Bucharest police office, where he is imprisoned in a cell together with Vali, a collaborator of the Security Service. (imdb)

Ecaterina, a high school Religion teacher and wife of the town priest, gets involved with Iuliu, a 16-year-old student with a troubled past. Ecaterina tries to keep him under control, but she loses her own sense of control in this process.

Two municipal workers, depressed in a bar, spontaneously joke about being able to rob a bank van, in order to sound big. Trouble starts when their plan is taken at face value by a mobster, who threatens them to actually do the heist. (imdb)