Year			2002
Original lang.			Romanian
Country			Romania
Length			1:45
Director			Cristian Mungiu
Writer			Cristian Mungiu
Company			Hubert Bals Fund
Starring			Alexandru Papadopol Anca-Ioana Androne Samuel Tastet Tania Popa Dorel Visan Gabriel Spahiu Show more... Alexandru Papadopol Anca-Ioana Androne Samuel Tastet Tania Popa Dorel Visan Gabriel Spahiu Julieta Strîmbeanu Eugenia Bosânceanu Ioan Gyuri Pascu Tora Vasilescu Michael Beck Valeriu Andriuta Mihai Danu Constantin Ghenescu Doru Ana

Occident is a bittersweet comedy that focuses on the growing tendency of Eastern European youth to migrate west. There are three different stories - a weeklong in the film - that cross, interconnect and happen in the same period. When the amicable Luci (Alexandru Papadopol) and his beautiful lover Sorina (Anca Androne) are evicted from their apartment, Sorina decides they must visit her father's grave and ask for a "sign". Seconds later, Luci is hit in the head by a bottle and taken to the hospital by a Frenchman (Samuel Tastet). Despite her love for Luci, Sorina believes a life with security takes precedence over romance, and moves in with the Good Samaritan. Luci tries to win her back but things became more complicated when he meets Mihaela (Tania Popa), a jilted bride.