Occident
2002 · 105 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 2,734 VOTES · DIR. Cristian Mungiu
Overview
"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 weeklong 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.
Dialogue Timeline — 964 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:02 Kikina presents
00:04:11 -What kind of sign?
00:07:22 -So I will have her here as an advertising agent.
00:09:53 -He said you wouldn't be asleep.
00:12:52 -Hello, I was to an interview. They hired me.
00:17:01 -What is the matter with Vasile?
00:21:22 -Oh my gosh! Did she move here?
00:23:50 -It is for you.
00:29:21 -Don't tell me?
00:35:49 See this Vasile. She loves him and that's it.
00:38:48 I want to write, to travel...
00:42:16 -I heard they also have doctors and even Americans.
00:44:47 -Sure, here they are. There is also a poem. My daughter writes.
00:50:51 -Yes, but we all have to make sacrifices for
00:57:13 What is the matter with everybody?
01:00:50 Aren't you upset, are you?
01:07:59 Aren't you ashamed of yourself?
01:11:01 Eventually I managed to go to Germany.
01:14:15 We'll see...
01:18:15 -What?
01:23:20 -And do you have police there...thieves...?
01:28:34 -No.
01:32:25 -Do you want me to tell you what separated us?
01:38:29 -Luci, someone came to say goobye.