What a Wonderful World

What a Wonderful World

73 mins | Drama | April 4, 2014

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.

What a Wonderful World

73 mins | Drama | April 4, 2014

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.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers YOUBESC Entertainment Company, YOUBESC Film
Original title Ce lume minunată
Directors Anatol Durbală
Writers Anatol Durbală

Cast

Igor Babiac

as Petru

Sergiu Bitca

as Batca

Igor Caras-Romanov

as Maiorul

Ion Grosu

as Capitanul

Elena Mocanu

as Fata

Artiom Perciun

as Vasioc

Nicu Suveica

as Politistul Microbist

Tudor Tarna

as Soferul