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LEMONADE

By Ioana URICARU

First film - Completed 2018

They say when life hands you lemons, make lemonade. This story, inspired by real events, reveals the true taste of the American Dream.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2018

Panorama

Stockholm IFF 2018

Discovery

Tribeca FF 2018

International Narrative Competition

goEast FF 2018

Netia OFF Camera 2018

Main Competition

Jeonju IFF 2018

International Competition

Seattle IFF 2018

FEST – New Directors, New Films Festival 2018

Golden Lynx award for Best Feature Film

- Year of production
- 2018
- Genres
- First film, Drama
- Countries
- ROMANIA, CANADA, GERMANY, SWEDEN
- Languages
- ENGLISH, ROMANIAN
- Duration
- 88 mn
- Director(s)
- Ioana URICARU
- Writer(s)
- Ioana URICARU, Tatiana IONASCU
- Cast
- Mălina MANOVICI, Steve BACIC, Dylan Scott SMITH, Milan HURDUC, Ruxandra MANIU
- ISAN
- 0000-0004-E61C-0000-6-0000-0000-J
- Producer(s)
- Cristian MUNGIU (Mobra Films), Tudor REU (Mobra Films), Christoph KUKULA (42FILM GMBH), Eike GORECZKA (42FILM GMBH), Yanick LÉTOURNEAU (PERIPHERIA), Sean WHEELAN (FILMGATE)
- Synopsis
- While working in the US on a temporary visa as a caretaker, Mara, a 30 year-old single mother from Romania, marries Daniel, an American. After the arrival of her son Dragos, everything seems to have fallen perfectly into place. When the process of getting a green card veers unexpectedly off course, however, Mara is faced with abuses of power on every level and forced to answer a dark question about herself – how far would you go to get what you want?
  
  The lead role, Mara, is played by Malina Manovici (Graduation, 2016) and this first feature by Ioana Uricaru is produced by Palme d'Or winner Cristian Mungiu himself.