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The Way I Spent the End of the World

The Way I Spent the End of the World

20065.91h 46m

Overview

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.

Directed by Cătălin Mitulescu
Written by Andreea Vălean, Cătălin Mitulescu
Produced by In-Ah Lee, David Thion, Philippe Martin
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Top Cast

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Timotei Duma

Lalalilu 'Lali' Matei

Dorotheea Petre

Dorotheea Petre

Eva Matei

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Carmen Ungureanu

Maria Matei

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Ionuţ Becheru

Alexandru Vomică

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Cristian Văraru

Andrei

Jean Constantin

Jean Constantin

Uncle Florică

Monalisa Basarab

Monalisa Basarab

Professorà cor

Florin Zamfirescu

Florin Zamfirescu

The principal of the training school

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Anca Ahrfrescu

Soçia lui Nucu

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Sergiu Anghel

The headmaster

Themes & Keywords

romanian new wave

About The Way I Spent the End of the World

The Way I Spent the End of the World is a drama film released in 2006 exploring themes of romanian new wave. Directed by Cătălin Mitulescu, it stars Timotei Duma , Dorotheea Petre, Carmen Ungureanu . 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.

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