12:08 East of Bucharest (2006)
12:08 East of Bucharest (2006)
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Cast & Crew.
Mircea Andreescu
Emanoil Piscoci
Teodor Corban
Virgil Jderescu
Ion Sapdaru
Tiberiu Manescu
Mirela Cioabă
Doamna Manescu
Luminița Gheorghiu
Doamna Jderescu
Cristina Ciofu
Vali
Anne Marie Chertic
Vera
Lucian Iftime
Lica
Petrică Sapdaru
Petrica
George Guoqingyun
Chen
Cătălin Paraschiv
Barman
Corneliu Porumboiu
Director
Constantin Diţă
Tibi
Daniel Badale
Professor
Marius Rogojinski
Vecin
Aurelia Tocu
Maricica Dima (voice)
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 29, 2006
Original NameA fost sau n-a fost?
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 29m
Budget$223,000
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This Movie Is About.
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12:08 East of Bucharest (Romanian: A fost sau n-a fost?; lit. 'Was it or was it not?') is a 2006 Romanian film directed by Corneliu Porumboiu, released in 2006 and winner of the Caméra d'Or Prize (for best first film) at the Cannes Film Festival. It was also released in the United States under the abridged titles East of Bucharest and 12:08 Bucharest. The film is set in a small Moldovan town far away from the capital city of Bucharest, and centers on a group of characters who revisit the Romanian Revolution of 1989 which brought an end to the communist regime.
The full English title refers to the setting of the film and the time of day at which Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu fled following the revolution, 12:08 pm on 22 December 1989. The original Romanian title roughly translates to "Was it, or was it not?", referring to the film's central issue: did Vaslui have any part in the 1989 revolution? The answer depends on whether the city registered any protest before the moment of Ceaușescu's flight.