FOAIA - September 2004, No. 1

The Romanian Student Association (RSA) @ MIT hosts the screening of movie OCCIDENT (2002) directed by Cristian Mungiu. This is an exceptional event since the director, Mr. Mungiu, is expected to be present at the screening. The movie has English subtitles and has won four awards already. The screening will take place at MIT room 10-250 which is as good as any cinema theater. The entrance fee is $3 for students and $5 for others. A short description of the movie:
" "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 week long 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."

For more informations, movie trailers in English and Romanian, directions please refer to the RSA's web site http://web.mit.edu/romania/www/Events/Films/Occident/