Sasha works for a natural-gas company. When his wife hardly gives birth 2 months early, Sasha is searching for money to save the premature baby. Despite this, he refuses to take bribes, which threatens his job and leads to friction with his colleagues. His wife doesn’t understand him anymore. Faced with a crisis, Sasha receives an order to install a furnace in a church, where he will have to destroy an icon painted on the church wall. Hoping to save the sacred image, Sasha has to corrupt the system.
“We live in a world where the funeral matters more than the dead, the wedding more than love and the physical rather than the intellect. We live in a container culture, which despises the content.”
Eduardo Galeano
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We invite you to an exclusive screening at YOUBESC, the only post-production studio in Moldova equipped for Dolby Atmos experiences — the very place where the film came to life. You’ll enjoy the screening in a comfortable, creative and high-tech environment, alongside no more than 8 other viewers.
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The event takes place at Mediacor Center, within Moldova State University, entrance from 8 Alexandr Pușkin Street.
Anatol Durbala is a Moldovan actor and director, graduate of the MHAT and editing courses in New York. He is a well-known TV host and has a PhD from Visual Arts. VARVARA is his 2nd feature film while his debut film ”What a Wonderful World” won FIPRESCI Prize @30th Warsaw IFF.