Despre Oameni si Melci

Of Snails and Men
Director
Tudor Giurgiu
Country
Romania, France
Year
2012
Genre
Fiction
Scriptwriters
Ionut Teianu
Cast
Dorel Visan, Jean-François Stévenin, Robinson Stévenin, Andi Vasluianu, Monica Barladeanu
Production
Libra Film, Agat Films & Ex Nihilo

Storyline

In a small town, the state-owned car factory, which employs almost all the local men, is about to be privatized. What the workers do not know is that their manager plans to make money from the deal and approaches two French businessmen, father and son, who are interested in buying the factory but intend to convert it into a snail cannery. There is not much space in their plan for the thousands of workers, but the only one who struggles to save the factory is the union leader. His crazy solution scares his fellow workers somewhat, as it involves them selling their sperm to an American sperm bank...

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Cambridge Film Festival 2013