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12:08 East of Bucharest (2006)
Directed by Corneliu Porumboiu
Overview
It’s the 22nd of December. Sixteen years have passed since the revolution, and in a small town Christmas is about to come. Piscoci, an old retired man is preparing for another Christmas alone. Manescu, the history teacher, tries to keep up with his debts. Jderescu, the owner of a local television post, seems not to be so interested in the upcoming holidays. For him, the time to face history has come. Along with Manescu and Piscoci, he is trying to answer for himself a question which for 16 years has not had an answer: “Was it or wasn’t it a revolution in their town?”
Length 89 minutes
Actors
Mircea Andreescu | Teodor Corban | Ion Sapdaru | Mirela Cioaba | Luminița Gheorghiu | Cristina Ciofu | Lucian Iftime | Annemarie Chertic | Petrica Sapdaru | Catalin Paraschiv | George Guoqingyun | Constantin Diţă | Daniel Badale | Marius Rogojinski | Aurelia Tocu