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12:08 East of Bucharest

12:08 East of Bucharest

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 29, 2006

Runtime

1h 29m

Genres

Comedy, Drama

User Score

69%

Original Title

A fost sau n-a fost?

Production Companies

42 Km Film

Director

Corneliu Porumboiu

Budget

$223,000

Description

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?"