Rates of Exchange

Main Ideas

• An ironic exploration of language barriers and cultural misunderstandings at the crossroads of East and West, where every word becomes a test of meaning and identity.
• A grotesque portrayal of the absurdity of bureaucratic systems and totalitarian regimes, where individuality dissolves in a stream of official formulas and rituals.
• A subtle satire of the academic world, where scientific truths and dogmas collide with the chaos of reality, and intellectual pursuits turn into a comedy of errors.
• A meditation on the nature of translation—not only linguistic but also cultural—where every act of communication becomes an act of interpretation and rethinking.
• A portrait of a society balancing between past and future, tradition and change, where personal stories intertwine with the country’s history, and the private becomes a reflection of the collective.