The Way I Spent the End of the World

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 15, 2006

Original language

Romanian

Spoken languages

Romanian

Countries

Romania

Production

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

Cast

Sergiu Anghel,Adrian Bulboaca,Cristian Văraru,Monalisa Basarab,Carmen Ungureanu,Jean Constantin,Florin Zamfirescu,Timotei Duma,Dorotheea Petre,Marius Stanand 3 more

Director

Cătălin Mitulescu

Writer

Andreea Vălean,Cătălin Mitulescu

Producer

Cătălin Mitulescu,In-Ah Lee,Daniel Mitulescu,Philippe Martin,David Thion

Cinematography

Marius Panduru

Music

Alexander Bălănescu

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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