Oceanul Mare (2009)

The documentary OCEANUL MARE portrays three Chinese men who emigrated to Bucharest in the early 1990s and their involvement with the largest Chinese market in Europe. The film won the 2009 3-SAT TV prize in Duisburg. In its episodic structure, OCEANUL MARE, which uses a sea metaphor throughout, accompanies its protagonists in their daily life financial undertakings. The film illustrates the feeling of being a stranger in a strange land and looks at cultural displacement and the challenges faced when one dives into the unknown.