Dumitru dreams of traveling far beyond the horizon, to the America of his dreams, so he and a friend stow away on a trans-oceanic freighter. Dumitru is quickly discovered by the Filipino sailor Joel, who is thus faced with a difficult decision. The uncompromising Taiwanese officers do not tolerate stowaways, but Joel’s steadfast religious beliefs tell him to help those in need… With this ambitious debut inspired by true events from 1996, Romanian director Mihai Mincan has produced a hypnotic thriller about the strength of faith, morality, and fearing for one’s life. The film premiered in the Orizzonti section at last year’s Venice Film Festival.
Lenka Tyrpáková
122 min / Color, DCP
Director Mihai Mincan
/ Screenplay Mihai Mincan
/ Dir. of Photography George Chiper-Lillemark
/ Music Marius Leftärache
/ Sound Nicolas Becker
/ Editor Dragos Apetri
/ Art Director Iulia Fulicea
/ Producer Radu Stancu
/ Production deFilm
/ Coproduction Remora Films, StudioBauhaus, Screening Emotions, Background Films
/ Cast Soliman Cruz, Nikolai Becker, Bartholome Guingona, Emmanuel Sto. Domingo, Olivier Ho Hio Hen, Alexandre Nguyen, Dimitar Vasilev, Olivier Chen
/ Sales Best Friend Forever
Mihai Mincan (1980, Romania). Selected filmography: Alaska (2014, short), Bondoc (2015, doc.), The Man Who Would Be Free (Omul care a vrut să fie liber, 2019, doc.), To the North (Spre nord, 2022).
Best Friend Forever
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Mihai Mincan
Film Director
Ioana Lascăr
Producer
Mikuláš Novotný
Producer
Klára Žaloudková
Producer
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