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?
00:07:09 It's calming to look at them.
00:09:48 -It's alright, dear. It's alright.
00:12:12 -Very good, Denis. And do you want to go to another country?
00:16:29 Thank you.
00:21:07 -How could I go to the park?
00:23:38 -I live in a proper place for a few days.
00:28:54 -Maybe is Nicu.
00:35:20 There are boys in this world, maybe even better.
00:38:19 -They did nice things too, to tell the truth.
00:41:15 And his favourite painter is Grigorescu.
00:44:18 Look here at those.
00:49:39 -He is young, of a good family.
00:55:59 -Here you are! Go and have a beer.
00:58:52 -Ok boys...
01:06:14 -You shouldn't have.
01:10:22 One small and bald and the other one taller.
01:13:05 And one evening, last week, we were driving home.
01:16:27 We will collect them tonight.
01:20:18 -In Italy?
01:27:41 -Listen, we must find that boy- Lucian. And quickly!
01:30:45 -You don't know what this means to me.
01:34:05 Or isn;t he well there?