A fost sau n-a fost?
Romania, 2006, 89 min, 35mm
In Romanian with English subtitles
Directed By: Corneliu Porumboiu
Producer: Corneliu Porumboiu
Executive Producer: Daniel Burlac
Production company: 42 Km Film
Writer: Corneliu Porumboiu
Cinematographer: Marius Panduru
Editor: Roxana Szel
Music: Rotaria Group
Cast: Mircea Andreescu, Teodor Corban, Ion Sapdaru
Corneliu Porumboiu’s wonderful debut feature 12:08 East of Bucharest confirms what last year’s Festival hit The Death of Mr. Lazarescu hinted at: contemporary Romanian cinema is the real deal. 12:08 East of Bucharest is a biting critique of post-communist life in Romania delivered with wicked deadpan humor. The film revolves around lives of Manescu, a melancholy, hard-drinking history teacher, and Piscoci, a lonely retiree who makes ends meet by working as a Santa Claus for hire. The two men have been asked to appear on a local TV call-in show commemorating the fall of Communism in Romania. (The time in the film’s title refers to the hour in which dictator Nicolae Ceausescu abdicated power on December 22, 1989.) The memorable and brilliantly staged second half of the film takes place in real time in the TV studio during the show, with callers challenging the guests’ accounts of their participation in the revolution. A Festival staff favorite. Winner, Caméra d’Or for best debut feature, 2006 Cannes Film Festival; nominee, Best Foreign Film, 2007 Independent Spirit Awards.
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