Directed by:
Tudor GiurgiuScreenplay:
Ionut TeianuCinematography:
Vivi Drăgan VasileCast:
Monica Barladeanu, Ion Besoiu, Andreea Bibiri, Ion Grosu, Jean-François Stévenin, Andi Vasluianu, Dorel Visan, Clara Voda, Ovidiu Crisan, Alina Berzunteanu (more)Plots(1)
A group of desperate workers come up with the crazy idea of donating sperm in order to save their car factory from bankruptcy and, consequently, from being privatized. The official story is that some French investors will take over the plant and convert it into a snail cannery. But the stark truth is that they will just sell the big machines for big money and disappear. What follows is a hilarious crusade that ends up leaving no room for dreams—which is ironic, because in the beginning of the ‘90s, fresh out of the communist regime, Romanians thought that anything was possible. This Full Monty-like bittersweet comedy is based on a real story from that era, at the exact time when the King of Pop visited Romania, had a blast of a concert and left for good—meaning that there was no viable American Dream to back up the faith of those trying to make it back then. (SPI International)
(more)Cast
Monica Barladeanu
Romania
Best movies:
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005)
Of Snails and Men (2012)
Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood (2012)
Ion Besoiu
Romania
Best movies:
François Villon - Poetul vagabond (1987)
Jacob (1988)
Blazing Winter (1965)
Andreea Bibiri
Romania
Best movies:
Of Snails and Men (2012)
Niki and Flo (2003)
Metronom (2022)
Ion Grosu
Soviet Union
Best movies:
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
Of Snails and Men (2012)
Miracle (2021)
Jean-François Stévenin
France
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Day for Night (1973)
Small Change (1976)
Andi Vasluianu
Romania
Best movies:
Dorel Visan
Romania
Best movies:
The Moromete Family (1987)
Jacob (1988)
Sand Cliffs (1983)
Clara Voda
Romania
Best movies:
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005)
Of Snails and Men (2012)
If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle (2010)
Ovidiu Crisan
Best movies:
R.M.N. (2022)
Of Snails and Men (2012)
Miracle (2021)
Alina Berzunteanu
Best movies:
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005)
Beyond the Hills (2012)
Of Snails and Men (2012)
Emilian Oprea
Romania
Best movies:
Of Snails and Men (2012)
Why me? (2015)
Dogs (2016)
Mihai Dorobantu
Romania
Best movies:
Of Snails and Men (2012)
Orizont (2015)
Sebastian Marina
Best movies:
Of Snails and Men (2012)
Katalin Varga (2009)
Box (2015)
Simona Cuciurianu
Best movies:
Of Snails and Men (2012)
The Miracle of Tekir (2016)
Blood and Chocolate (2007)