"Occident" is a bitter comedy about the people who want to emigrate from Romania, and about those who stay behind. The movie has a rich, interesting structure: there are three different stories - a weeklong in the film - that cross, interconnect and happen in the same period. The characters influence each others lives, sometimes even without knowing. Main characters from one story become secondary characters in another story. At the same time, scenes from the first part of the movie bring unexpected facts when seen the second or the third time. The stories do not have just one ending: the first story ends in each of the third parts in a different point, suggesting radically different solutions for the characters. The way in which the director fits time and links events together often produces thematically unexpected results.
Alexandru Papadopol
as Luci
Anca Androne
as Sorina
Tania Popa
as Mihaela
Dorel Vișan
as The cop
Gabriel Spahiu
as The spanish mute
Ioan Gyuri Pascu
as The school-mistress
Valeriu Andriuță
as Nae
Constantin Ghenescu
as
Doru Ana
as
Nicolongo
as Luigi
Ion Chelaru
as
Coca Bloos
as Mihaela's mother
