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The Way I Spent The End Of The World

Cum mi-am petrecut sfârşitul lunii

Romania / France | 2006, 106 min.

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Festival edition: 2006

Section: Regional Competition

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Bucharest 1989: the last year of Ceausescu's dictatorship. Eva lives with her parents and her brother Lalalilu. One day at school, Eva and Alex, her boyfriend, accidentally break a bust of the despot. They are both summoned before the disciplinary committee, but only the boy escapes dismissal thanks to his high-ranking father. As for Eva, she is sent to reform school. She decides to flee Romania by crossing the Danube. This film is a tragicomedy with touches of the absurd, showing a blend of sadness and joy, reality and fantasy associated with the period of Ceausescu's dictatorship. The film is also a homage, not only to those who had the courage to rise up against the dictatorship, but also those who fell silent and endured, out of fear that something might befall their loved ones.

Reżyser: Catalin Mitulescu

1972, Bucharest, Romania, studied film directing at the UNATC in Bucharest and has made television commercials, music videos and several short films. His student films "Bucuresti - Wien 8:15" and "17 minute intarziere" were presented at the Cannes Film Festival. He is the director of an independent film company Left Pictures.

Director's filmography

2006 Cum mi-am petrecut sfârşitul lunii / The Way I Spent the End of the World
2005 Ryna
2004 Trafic / Traffic (kr.m.)
2002 17 minute intarziere / 17 Minutes Late (kr.m.)
Gerone (kr.m.)
2000 Bucuresti - Wien 8:15 (kr.m.)
Asa cum vrei tu / The Way You Want (kr.m.)
1999 Adrian Copilul Minune (kr.m. dok.)
Cea mai frumoasa este Ana / The Most Beautiful Is Ana (kr.m.)
1998 La amiaza / At Noon (kr.m.)
1997 Ingerii / The Angels (kr.m.)
Un lucru care vine de la sine / The Thing That Comes From Itself (kr.m.)

Cast & Crew

Producer: Daniel Mitulescu, Catalin Mitulescu, In-Ah Lee, Philippe Martin, David Thion

Cast: Dorotheea Petre (Eva), Timotei Duma (Lalalilu), Ionut Becheru (Alex), Cristian Vararu (Andrei), Mircea Diaconu (ojciec Evy), Carmen Ungureanu (matka Evy)

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