LEMONADE
Ioana Uricaru

O.V. English / romanian | st French or english

Mara, a caregiver, left her native Romania in search of a better life in the U.S. After wedding one of her patients, she now attempts to repatriate her son, aged nine. Resigned to the machinery of immigration, she embarks on the long road of the migrant: endless waits, demeaning interrogations and occasional violent abuse. While Uricaru’s film bears the unmistakable stamp of its producer Cristian Mungiu, it shows even more heart. Trawling the murky depths of the American dream, it’s a superb...