LEMONADE

By Ioana URICARU

PERIPHERIA - as PROD

Drama - 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

Berlin, Panorama 2018
Tribeca 2018
International Narrative Competition
goEast FF, Germany 2018
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Drama, First film, Social issues
    • Countries
    • ROMANIA, CANADA, GERMANY, SWEDEN
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH, ROMANIAN
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 88 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Ioana URICARU
    • Producer(s)
    • Cristian MUNGIU (Mobra Film), Yanick LETOURNEAU (Peripheria), Christophe KUKULA (42Film), Eike GORECZKA (42Film), 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?