Tuesday, June 14, 2011

A fost sau n-a fost? (12:08 East of Bucharest) (2006)

Director:   Corneliu Porumoiu
Writer:      Corneliu Porumoiu
Language: Romanian


Film is a light comedy in which a television station in a small town in Romania do a talk phone-in show on the 16th anniversary of end of communist rule in Romania and the topic of the program is whether the town participated in the revolution or not.. Romanian title of the film 'A fost sau n-a fost?' means 'Was there or wasn't there?'. 12:08 in the international title refers to the time at which Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu  fled the country following the revolution.

Rating: 4/5

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