The pandemic has shown us, among other things, how insecure people can be economically; how little it can take to make the difference between getting by and not, but this is a problem that was with us long before Covid-19. This first feature from writer/director Matt Chambers is about a Romanian immigrant working as a pizza delivery driver to help support his wife Elena (Anamaria Marinca), teenage daughter Miri (Alexia Maria Proca) and baby son. One night after a shift, his moped is stolen and if he can’t find another he will lose his job and, because his boss is also his landlord, likely his home.
From the start, Chambers focuses in closely on his nameless lead (Secareanu is credited simply as ‘The Rider’). A substantial chunk of the running time is spent establishing the day to day reality of his grind: dropping his wife at her cleaning job,...
From the start, Chambers focuses in closely on his nameless lead (Secareanu is credited simply as ‘The Rider’). A substantial chunk of the running time is spent establishing the day to day reality of his grind: dropping his wife at her cleaning job,...
- 11/3/2020
- by Sam Inglis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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