A fost sau n-a fost? . 12:08 East Of Bucharest

Duration: 01:26:00 Corneliu Porumboiu’s satirical film depicts the program of the déclassé director of regional television of a small town in Moldova, who wants to find out whether or not a revolution took place in the town on December 22, 1989 prior to 12:08. (12:08 was the moment when the Ceauşesc...

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Other Authors: Porumboiu, Corneliu
Institution:Open Society Archives at Central European University
Language:Romanian
Published: Porumboiu, Corneliu 2006
Romania
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:b1959f22-fd9e-46c7-8a82-cd3ff8080ab5
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Summary:Duration: 01:26:00 Corneliu Porumboiu’s satirical film depicts the program of the déclassé director of regional television of a small town in Moldova, who wants to find out whether or not a revolution took place in the town on December 22, 1989 prior to 12:08. (12:08 was the moment when the Ceauşescu couple fled by helicopter and is therefore a key to deciding whether there was a real revolution or whether people only took to the streets after the regime fell.) The three anti-heroes – pensioner Piscoci, drunken and heavily indebted history teacher Mãnescu and Jderescu, who runs the local television studio – try to find out what it is that makes a revolution.
Published:2006