Fairmount CA

GREENFIELD – Its a 400-mile commute Sergei Ivantchev makes twice a week to and from the Greenfield duplex that he and his wife have shared with their two daughters as well as his parents since 1998.

But the trip, to the Waterville, New Brunswick, Canada, hospital where the 47-year-old Greenfield transplant works as an anesthetist, is just a small part of the journey hes made since leaving his home country of Moldova.

Ivantchev had already successfully completed six years of medical school after college before he and his wife, Lucia who had chemistry training and worked in a perfume factory left the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, with their baby daughter. Their adventure, which included a hastily-arranged 1992 Cuban vacation on an Aeroflot flight and their defection from the former Soviet republic during a refueling stop in Gander, Newfoundland, is described in Ivantchevs new self-published memoir, The Journey.

There are counsellors who discourage separation and help reconcile troubled couples. They play the role of mediators, resolving differences between warring jodis. But in the film Jodi Breakers, Madhavan and Bipasha Basu play experts who help people break up!

Together on screen for the first time, Maddy and Bips play break-up specialists who guarantee quick and final freedom to their clients. Jodi Breakers is a cheeky entertainer that takes a look at dysfunctional romantic relationships. Its the treatment and the characters that make all the difference, say its makers.