The Way I Spent the End of the World
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.
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The Way I Spent the End of the World
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- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
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.