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Featuring:
Jawad Shahbazimoghadam Mohammad, Katia Pascariu, Mihaela Radescu
Written by:
Vlad Popa
Directed by:
Vlad Popa
Release Date:
June 16, 2023
Original Title:
Alibaba
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 18
A grandmother, a mother and her little girl meet at an oriental restaurant to negotiate the girl's transfer to a better school. Because they didn't manage to get the floating act, the grandmother calls her friend from a prestigious school to find out what the transfer possibilities are. After the phone call, the two women have to choose between a disability act, through which the niece will have to simulate a disability, or an ethnicity act which, as a consequence, will lead to the expulsion of a Roma child. Despite the grotesque bargain, the women end their lunch with a Turkish dessert
Cinematography:
Codruța Corocea
Director:
Vlad Popa
Editor:
Cristina Popa
Executive Producer:
Cătălina Pistol
Makeup Artist:
Diana Gherasim
Producer's Assistant:
Corina Slavila
Set Costumer:
Gabriela Rabus
Sound:
Robert Alexiu
Sound Mixer:
Magdalena Scurtu
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