12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST
synopsis
December 22. It’s been sixteen years since the Revolution and Christmas is approaching. Pisconi, an old retiree, is preparing to spend another lonely Christmas. Manescu, a history teacher, doesn’t want to lose his entire salary to pay his debts. Jderescu, the owner of the local TV station, doesn’t seem very interested in vacation. With Piscoci and Manescu’s help, he wants to find an answer to a sixteen-year-old question: "Did a revolution really take place in their city"?
international title: | 12:08 East of Bucharest |
original title: | A fost sau n-a fost? |
country: | Romania |
sales agent: | Coproduction Office |
year: | 2006 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Corneliu Porumboiu |
film run: | 89' |
release date: | RO 29/09/2006, IT 27/10/2006, HU 14/12/2006, AT 22/12/2006, NO 26/12/2006, BE 10/01/2007, FR 10/01/2007, E 19/01/2007, NL 22/02/2007, PL 18/05/2007, ES 18/05/2007, UK 17/08/2007, PT 29/11/2007 |
screenplay: | Corneliu Porumboiu |
cast: | Mircea Andreescu, Teo Corban, Ion Sapdaru |
cinematography by: | Marius Panduru |
film editing: | Roxana Szel |
art director: | Daniel Raduta |
music: | Rotaria |
production: | 42 Km Film |
distributor: | Artroumain, BAC Films, Istituto Luce (IT), Artificial Eyes (UK), BFD (BE), Bac Films (FR), Szimplafilm (HU), Gaia Films Internacional y Festival Films (ES), Atalanta Filmes (PT) |