

12:08 East of Bucharest
2006 · Movie · 1h 29m
ComedyDrama
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?"
Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes
94%
Metacritic
77/100
Key crew
- Corneliu PorumboiuDirector
- Corneliu PorumboiuScreenplay
- RotariaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Mircea AndreescuEmanoil Piscoci
- Teodor CorbanVirgil Jderescu
- Ion SapdaruTiberiu Mănescu
- Mirela CioabăDoamna Mănescu
- Luminița GheorghiuDoamna Jderescu
- Cristina CiofuVali
- Lucian IftimeLică
- Anne Marie CherticVera
- Petrică SapdaruPetrică
- Cătălin ParaschivBarman
- George GuoqingyunChen
- Constantin DiţăTibi
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Themes
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