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The Way I Spent the End of the World

The Way I Spent the End of the World

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 15, 2006

Runtime

1h 46m

Genres

Drama

User Score

60%

Original Title

Cum mi-am petrecut sfârșitul lumii

Production Companies

Uni Etoile 3, Acht Frankfurt, Briarcliff Films, CNC, Cofimage 17, Eurimages, Les Films Pelléas, NEP, SEE Cinema Network, Sofica Soficinéma 2, Strada Film, Sundance / NHK International Filmmakers Award, Canal+, Sundance Institute

Director

Cătălin Mitulescu

Description

Bucharest 1989 - the last year of Ceausecu's dictatorship. Eva lives with her parents and her 7 year old brother, Lalalilu. One day at school, Eva and her boyfriend accidentally break a bust of Ceausescu. They are forced to confess their crime before a disciplinary committee and Eva is expelled from school and transferred to a reformatory establishment. There she meets Andrei, and decides to escape Romania with him. Lalalilu becomes convinced that Ceausescu is the main reason for Eva's decision to leave. So with his friends from school he devises a plan to kill the dictator.