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12:08 East of Bucharest
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12:08 East of Bucharest

2006-09-29 · 89 min · ★ 6.9

Comedy · Drama

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?"

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Directors
Corneliu Porumboiu
Production companies
42 Km Film
Countries
Romania
Status
Released
Budget
USD 223,000

Top Cast

Mircea AndreescuMircea AndreescuEmanoil Piscoci
Teodor CorbanTeodor CorbanVirgil Jderescu
Ion SapdaruIon SapdaruTiberiu Mănescu
Mirela CioabăMirela CioabăDoamna Mănescu
Luminița GheorghiuLuminița GheorghiuDoamna Jderescu
Cristina CiofuVali
Lucian IftimeLucian IftimeLică
Anne Marie CherticVera
Petrică SapdaruPetrică
Cătălin ParaschivCătălin ParaschivBarman
George GuoqingyunChen
Constantin DiţăConstantin DiţăTibi
Daniel BadaleProfessor
Marius RogojinskiVecin
Aurelia TocuMaricica Dima (voice)
Ion ApostoliuVasile Rebegea (voice)
Ion CiolacuIon Costăchescu (voice)
Lucian PînzaruCostică Bejan (voice)
Corneliu NegreaGelu Isărescu (voice)
Coca BloosCoca BloosTina (voice)

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