12:08 East of Bucharest

Original movie title:
12:08 A FOST SAU N-A FOST
Country:
Romania, 2006., 89’
Director:
Corneliu Porumboiu
Cast:
Mircea Andreescu, Teodor Corban, Ion Sapdaru

Awards:
Cannes Film Festival 2006
golden camera, the best first film
Label Europa Cinemas

Zagreb Film Festival 2006 – special mention of the jury

Summary:

It's the 22nd of December.A small Romanian town. Sixteen years have passed since the revolution. Piscoci, an old retired man and Santa Claus, is preparing for another Christmas alone. Manescu, a history teacher and an alcoholic tries to keep up with his debts. The owner of a local television post thinks it is the time to face history. Along with Manescu and Piscoci, he is trying to answer: ‘Was it or wasn't it a revolution in their town?’

Biography

Corneliu Porumboiu (1975) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. Apart from the awarded ‘12:08 East of Bucharest’ / ‘12:08 a Fost Sau n-a Fost?’ he directed shorts: ‘Călătorie la oraş’ (2003) and ‘Visul lui Liviu’ (2004).
He is the son of well-known football referee Adrian Porumboiu.

11.07., FRIDAY, 14.00, RUŽIČKA'S HOUSE

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