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So Bright Is the View

So Bright Is the View

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So Bright Is the View

2014

1h 42m

6.7(3 votes)

Drama

Overview

Present day Bucharest. Estera is pursuing a job opportunity in Atlanta. She puts her hope in a "friend-interview" with Mike, a Romanian-American entrepreneur who reveals himself to be a domineering wreck with issues of his own.

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Inversee

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9 featured cast members

Starring

Bianca Valea

Estera

Ovidiu Niculescu

Ovidiu Niculescu

Mike

Robi Urs

Vlad

Cristina Olteanu

Oana

Valentina Popa

Raluca

Dana Cucoș

Luminița

Dana Apostol

Rivka

Raluca Panțiru

Waitress

Marius Ionescu

Manager

Creative team

Directed by: Michaël Florescu
Joël Florescu
Written by: Joël Florescu
Michaël Florescu
Produced by: Joël Florescu
Michaël Florescu

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