Bunny (2000)

Premiering at the 2000 Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Bunny offers a look at an Eastern European couples difficult introduction to American culture Arriving in an anonymous US city Nik Edyk Dratver and Luda Petra Tikalova are taken in by Ludas brusque Aunt Elise Elizabeth Liebel As they attempt to find work Nik and Luda meet with a slew of xenophobic rejection until finally they land jobs as part of an experimental public works project The project requires the couple to dress up in pink bunny costumes and offer anonymous understated moral support to the citys denizens While Nik who was a lawyer back home is disgusted by his new job Luda revels in it and their marriage soon enters a territory as rocky as their assimilation