12:08 East of Bucharest

Sep 29, 2006

1h 29m

★ 6.9

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?"

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

42 Km Film

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Cast

Emanoil Piscoci

Mircea Andreescu

Virgil Jderescu

Teodor Corban

Tiberiu Mănescu

Ion Sapdaru

Doamna Mănescu

Mirela Cioabă

Doamna Jderescu

Luminița Gheorghiu

Vali

Cristina Ciofu

Lică

Lucian Iftime

Vera

Anne Marie Chertic

Petrică

Petrică Sapdaru

Barman

Cătălin Paraschiv

Chen

George Guoqingyun

Tibi

Constantin Diţă

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