15-11-2010

PRODUCTION: Looking For A Mother in Postproduction

By Iulia Blaga

    Romanian director Adrian Popovici (Dracula The Impaler, Eva) is in post-production with a Romanian-Moldavian co-production, Looking For A Mother /Se caută o mamă. A tentative premiere date is planned for autumn 2011.

    Looking For A Mother /Se caută o mamă is produced by the Romanian company Artis Film (www.artisfilm.ro), with Moldova Film (www.moldovafilm.md) and Diametral-Film (www.diametralfilm.md) from Moldova.

    Shooting took place in Moldova in August 2010, a one year delay from the original plans. The budget is 500,000 euro. The film received a grant of 180,000 euro (693,000 RON) from the Romanian National Centre for Cinema (www.cncinema.abt.ro). The co-producers are funding the remainder of the budget with services, the Romanian producer Cornelia Paloş told FNE. She said the editing is taking place in Moldova, and the sound mixing in Germany.

    The script by Valeriu Ţurcanu and Pascal Ilie Virgil focuses on the dramatic story of Eastern Europe women who became victims of international sex trafficking. The main character is Păvălaş, a 9 year old boy whose mother escapes from a sex traffic network and returns to Moldova in order to take him from the orphanage.

    The cast includes actors from Moldova -- Emergent Cazac, Ina Surdu, Rodica Oanta, Alina Turcanu -- and foreign actors including Canada's Michael Ironside (Top Gun, Total Recall), the Italy's Paolo Seganti (Tea With Mussolini, LA Confidential) and England's Vas Blackwood (Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels)

    Production Information

    Artis Film

    59 Romulus street, Sector 3

    Bucharest, Romania

    Phone/Fax: +40.21.322.36.48

    +40.21.322.36.65

    www.artisfilm.ro

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    Moldova-Film S.A.

    61, Sos. Hânceşti, 61

    2028 , Chişinău, Moldova

    Phone : +373 22 721170

    Fax: +373 22 721200

    www.moldovafilm.md

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    Diametral-Film S.R.L.

    Bernardazzi 78

    Chişinău, Moldova

    Phone:+373 22 243717

    Fax: +373 22 243717

    www.diametralfilm.md

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    Credits

    Director: Adrian Popovici

    Script: Valeriu Ţurcanu

    Pascal Ilie Virgil

    DOP: Slava Cebotari

    Cast: Emergent Cazac

    Ina Surdu

    Rodica Oanta

    Alina Ţurcanu

    Michael Ironside

    Paolo Seganti

    Vas Blackwood