IIie has had his fill of city life and decides to start over again with a clean slate in a small rural town in Moldavia, Romania. As the head cop in the village of Babuleni (a fictional place), he looks forward to a quieter, more laidback lifestyle and the possibility of buying a small patch of land with a fruit orchard. Past failures – a divorce and dismissal from a job under humiliating circumstances – have taught Ilie to keep a low profile and mind his own business. As he ex-wife Mona reminds him, “You fu*ked up your career once playing knight,” and Ilie has no interest in stirring things up in his new locale, despite indications that the town officials may be corrupt. Yet, despite his lazy demeanor and questionable job skills, Ilie soon finds himself dragged into a murder mystery where he is forced to take sides. What begins as an amusing character study of a hapless public figure slowly transitions into a macabre comedy with an unexpected twist ending in Oameni de Treaba (English title: Men of Deeds, 2022), directed by Romanian filmmaker Paul Negoescu.