Next Stop Paradise

Directed by Lucian Pintilie

Produced by Le Studio de Creation Cinematographique du Ministere de la Culture, Direction du Développement et de la Coopération (DDC), Département Fédéral des Affaires Etrangères

Mitu and Elena get to know each other in the course of a vodka drinking contest and discover that they are both dissatisfied with the status quo. Mitu is about to begin military service and Elena is to be married to a man she does not love. They decide they are meant for each other and plan on a different future, one that is on a collision course with the authorities, and start a mad affair.