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User Rating:
7.2/10   2,582 votes
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Director:
Corneliu Porumboiu
Writer:
Corneliu Porumboiu (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
29 September 2006 (Romania) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Music more
Plot:
It's the 22nd of December. Sixteen years have passed since the revolution, and in a small town Christmas is about to come... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
9 wins & 7 nominations more
User Comments:
A slow motion towards the essential more (33 total)

Cast

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Mircea Andreescu ... Emanoil Piscoci
Teodor Corban ... Virgil Jderescu
Ion Sapdaru ... Tiberiu Manescu
Mirela Cioaba ... Doamna Manescu
Luminita Gheorghiu ... Doamna Jderescu
Cristina Ciofu ... Vali
Lucian Iftime ... Lica
Annemarie Chertic ... Vera
Petrica Sapdaru ... Petrica
Catalin Paraschiv ... Barman
George Guoqingyun ... Chen
Constantin Dita ... Tibi
Daniel Badale ... Professor
Marius Rogojinski ... Vecin (as Marius Rogojinschi)
Aurelia Tocu ... Maricicia Dima (voice)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
12:08 East of Bucharest (Canada: English title) (festival title) (USA)
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Runtime:
89 min
Country:
Romania
Language:
Romanian
Color:
Color (Technicolor) | Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Netherlands:AL | Sweden:Btl | Argentina:Atp | USA:Unrated | South Korea:12 | Peru:PT
Filming Locations:
Bucharest, Romania
Company:
42 Km Film more

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Referenced in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Best of 2007" (2007) more

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7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
A slow motion towards the essential, 24 September 2007
9/10
Author: wbartl from Germany

A very good piece of work that seems slow when you watch it and is very effective in the end. It makes you sad and hopeful at the same time. After having gone through revolution the actors are sucked up by their daily struggles about money, love and dignity. The pictures are dark and don't make you want to go to Romania in December. Nevertheless it is a must for everybody who is interested in understanding Romanian culture. But first of all it is a contribution to the national discourse in Romania itself. I would like to see more of the process of Romanian self-reflection. Unfortunately Romanian films are hardly available on DVD outside of the country.

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