The Way I Spent the End of the World

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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.

Country:

Romania

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

106 minutes

Year:

2006

Director:

Cătălin Mitulescu

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Company:

Uni Etoile 3,

Acht Frankfurt,

Briarcliff Films,

CNC,

Cofimage 17,

Eurimages,

Les Films Pelléas,

NEP,

SEE Cinema Network,

Sofica Soficinéma 2,

Strada Film,

Sundance / NHK International Filmmakers Award,

Canal+,

Sundance Institute

Cast:
Timotei Duma

Lalalilu 'Lali' Matei

Dorotheea Petre

Eva Matei

Carmen Ungureanu

Maria Matei

Ionuţ Becheru

Alexandru Vomică

Cristian Văraru

Andrei

Crew:
Cătălin Mitulescu

Director

Cătălin Mitulescu

Writer

Andreea Vălean

Writer

Alexander Bălănescu

Original Music Composer

Marius Panduru

Director of Photography