Fat
A Moldovan fantasy comedy by Ivan Naniev — paintball, folklore and Făt-Frumos.
- Production
- Moldova · directed by Ivan Naniev
- Language / audio
- Russian
“Sometimes the hero of Moldovan folktales walks straight onto your paintball field.”
Moldovan genre cinema like nothing before it
Fat (2011) is a feature fantasy comedy by director Ivan Naniev. Runtime — 1h 8min. The film stages a meeting between modern city-dwellers and Făt-Frumos, the hero of Moldovan folklore, and was shot entirely in Moldova.
Two friends drive out of the city for a round of paintball in an anomalous zone near Chișinău.
There they unexpectedly run into Făt-Frumos — the hero of Moldovan folktales, lost in time and trying to find his way home.
Modern world and folklore collide — and it turns out each has something to teach the other.
Stills and the on-screen weapons archive on IMFDB; further frames on likefilmdb and in archives.
- Director
- Ivan Naniev
- Writer
- Ivan Naniev
- Producer
- Ivan Naniev
- As M. Mogildea
- Ivan Naniev
- Cast
- Sergiu Gruzinski (A. Pedrovici) a.o.
- Year · runtime
- 2011 · 1h 8min
Why watch
Moldova's first genre comedy
A mix of fantasy, folklore and humour — unusual for local cinema.
Făt-Frumos on screen
The Moldovan folk hero in a feature, not an illustration.
Author — Ivan Naniev
Director, producer and writer in one voice.
Made in Moldova
100% local production — crew, locations, cast.
IMDb, an article on filmemoldovenesti.blogspot, pages on likefilmdb and IMFDB.