Chip and Ovi met in an orphanage near the city of Kluj-Napoca in Romania during their teenage years. Ovi was born with disabilities in his arms and Chip has a severely damaged leg from polio. Both were abandoned shortly after birth to be raised in the care of the state. Despite their difficult situation, they dare to dream big: Chip wants to be an oilman in Texas and Ovi a professional cameraman. With humor and charm, they struggle to overcome their disabilities, social discrimination and poverty while dealing with the inevitable ups-and-downs of their relationship. “Featuring a complex, all-encompassing look at two young gay men, both with physical disabilities and living in Romania, “Chip & Ovi” presents a tender, plaintive look into the lives of an orphaned couple dealing with both the struggles of their relationship and of poverty. Each with his own compelling circumstance and interests, “Chip & Ovi” offers the audience the spectacular realization of just what unspectacular minutiae Chip and Ovi must bravely face, without complaint, on a daily basis.” – Reel Affirmations LGBT Film Festival (Washington, DC) In English and Romanian with English subtitles
