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What a Wonderful World

After two years spent as a student in Boston, a 22-year-old visits his native Moldova. It is April 2009. People gather in the streets of Chisinau, the call having spread through social networking sites. They are demonstrating against the communist authorities who falsified the election results. They seize and plunder the parliament and presidential buildings. The demonstrators carry away documents, furniture and office equipment. Our protagonist is coming from a friend's home carrying his own computer monitor. He is mistaken for a demonstrator, brutally beaten up by the police and taken to the police station. His interrogator is an experienced major. The authorities can do anything. Based on real events, the film asks questions about freedom, justice and the price of human life.

Top Cast

  • Igor Babiac

    Igor Babiac

    Petru

  • Sergiu Bitca

    Sergiu Bitca

    Batca

  • Igor Caras-Romanov

    Igor Caras-Romanov

    Maiorul

  • Ana Daud

    Ana Daud

  • Ion Grosu

    Ion Grosu

    Capitanul

  • Elena Mocanu

    Elena Mocanu

    Fata

  • Artiom Perciun

    Artiom Perciun

    Vasioc

  • Giovanina Strambeanu

    Giovanina Strambeanu

    Vecina

  • Nicu Suveica

    Nicu Suveica

    Politistul Microbist

Overview

After two years spent as a student in Boston, a 22-year-old visits his native Moldova. It is April 2009. People gather in the streets of Chisinau, the call having spread through social networking sites. They are demonstrating against the communist authorities who falsified the election results. They seize and plunder the parliament and presidential buildings. The demonstrators carry away documents, furniture and office equipment. Our protagonist is coming from a friend's home carrying his own computer monitor. He is mistaken for a demonstrator, brutally beaten up by the police and taken to the police station. His interrogator is an experienced major. The authorities can do anything. Based on real events, the film asks questions about freedom, justice and the price of human life.

Rating

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