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The Bike Thief

The Bike Thief

Drama | English, Romanian | 79 minutes

Unternehmen

Beta Cinema


Besetzung und Crew

Director

Matt Chambers

Producers

Peregrine Kitchener-Fellowes, Sophia Gibber, Lene Bausager

Writer

Matt Chambers

Cast

Alec Secareanu, Anamaria Marinca, Lucien Msamati


Überblick

To the Rider his moped is everything. As a pizza delivery driver it is his livelihood. As a breadline straddling, immigrant father it is his family’s anchor. It takes his wife to work. It gets his daughter to school. So when one night the moped is stolen, his world collapses.

He has to get back his bike – or replace it – in whatever way possible, before his next shifts starts. If he fails, he won’t just lose his job, he will lose it all. He tries to ask the few familiar faces for help in this unfamiliar, disorienting city. However, as he runs out of time and his options are wearing thin, his moral compass begins to crack and he grows more and more willing to forgo his conscience in order to save himself and his family.

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Abschlussjahr

2020


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