Cum mi-am petrecut sfarsitul lumii (2006)

Director:

Catalin Mitulescu

Writers:

Catalin Mitulescu (writer)
Andreea Valean (writer)

Release Date:

30 August 2006 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

In the communist era, in Romania, people live with hope of a new life, in freedom.

Plot Keywords:

Romania | Male Rear Nudity | Communist Indoctrination | Assassination Plot | Fall Of Communism

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Doroteea Petre	...	Eva Matei
Timotei Duma	...	Lalalilu Matei
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anca Ahrfrescu
Sergiu Anghel
Monalisa Basarab
Ionut Becheru	...	Alexandru 'Vomicã'
Adrian Bulboaca
Radu Câmpean
Jean Constantin	...	Uncle Floricã
Flaviu Crisan
Mircea Diaconu	...	Grigore Matei
Sorin Dinculescu
Bogdan Dumitrache	...	Doctor
Gheorghe Farcas
Grigore Gonta	...	Ceausicã - Alexandru's father
Grigore Moldovan
Oxana Moravec
Adrian Nicolae
Stellan Nicolae
Vasile Nicolae
Cristian Nicolaie	...	Nucu
Valentin Popescu	...	Music teacher
Nicolae Praida	...	Titi
Adrian Rosu
Arcadio Rusu	...	Trogar
Marius Stan	...	Tarzan
Marian Stoica	...	Silvicã
Corneliu Tigancu	...	Bulba
Carmen Ungureanu	...	Maria Matei
Vera Ungureanu	...	Mama Tarzan
Cristian Vararu	...	Andrei
Marin Vasile
Florin Zamfirescu	...	Highschool principal

Also Known As:

Comment j'ai fêté la fin du monde (France)
How I Celebrated the End of the World (International: English title)
The Way I Spent the End of the World (International: English title)

Runtime:

Canada:106 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

Romania | France

Language:

Romanian

Color:

Color

Certification:

Netherlands:AL | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Sweden:Btl | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Les Films Pelléas

Goofs:

Anachronisms: There is a longer scene in the movie showing a bus trying to turn around on muddy soil. The bus is a Rocar bus, which has been produced only after 1990, and it has stickers on its doors, which surely have not been used before 1989.

A great capture of the communist era

I have just seen this movie and I loved it. Maybe for the little boy who plays his role very well, maybe for the strange relationship that Eva has with either guys, but especially for how the director managed to capture the communist era in every aspect of the movie. Romanians may understand this better. The revolution took place almost 17 years ago, a new regime was installed since then and almost everything has changed. But this movie brings back even the smallest detail, from the clothes that students wore, music they listened to, even haircuts they had, to the state of the streets, houses, cars. It's amazing, but I had the strong impression that the movie was made many years ago. I would recommend this movie to all Romanians because, in a small detail, it gives a different perspective about the revolution. But also, non-Romanians should watch it just to see how difficult times we have been through.