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Director:
Corneliu Porumboiu
Writer:
Corneliu Porumboiu (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
29 September 2006 (Romania) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Music more
Plot:
It's the 22nd of December. Sixteen years have passed since the revolution, and in a small town Christmas is about to come... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
9 wins & 7 nominations more
User Comments:
If you know anything about Romania, you will enjoy this film more (33 total)

Cast

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Mircea Andreescu ... Emanoil Piscoci
Teodor Corban ... Virgil Jderescu
Ion Sapdaru ... Tiberiu Manescu
Mirela Cioaba ... Doamna Manescu
Luminita Gheorghiu ... Doamna Jderescu
Cristina Ciofu ... Vali
Lucian Iftime ... Lica
Annemarie Chertic ... Vera
Petrica Sapdaru ... Petrica
Catalin Paraschiv ... Barman
George Guoqingyun ... Chen
Constantin Dita ... Tibi
Daniel Badale ... Professor
Marius Rogojinski ... Vecin (as Marius Rogojinschi)
Aurelia Tocu ... Maricicia Dima (voice)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
12:08 East of Bucharest (Canada: English title) (festival title) (USA)
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Runtime:
89 min
Country:
Romania
Language:
Romanian
Color:
Color (Technicolor) | Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Bucharest, Romania
Company:
42 Km Film more

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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Best of 2007" (2007) more

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28 out of 30 people found the following comment useful.
If you know anything about Romania, you will enjoy this film, 8 September 2007
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Author: mertzg from United States

The viewer needs to understand that this is a Romanian film for Romanians. You'll catch all the inside jokes of the film if you've been there. The point of the film is that indeed the revolution was different for everyone . Even in late 1990 when I was there, the people were still scared of the Securitate, or secret police. Even during the one year anniversary of the revolution, it took courage to go and march, much less right after Ceausescu fled. The emphasis on 12;08, the reaction of the students when the teacher asked why they were so interested in the French Revolution, the interviewers emphasis on the time of the protests, and the accusatory views of the callers on the TV program, let alone the long shots of the bare dilapidated concrete buildings, all lend to the whole idea of the plot. Not only does one ask did the revolution occur in this one town, but did it occur at all? After all, Ceausescu's right hand people took over after he was gone. The people themselves ask if anything has changed.

The film can seem long and tedious to some viewers, but if you've lived in Romania, you get it.

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