December 22. It's been 16 years since the Revolution and Christmas is approaching. Pisconi, an old retiree, is preparing to spend another lonely Christmas. Manescu, a history teacher, doesn't want to lose his entire salary to pay his debts. Jderescu, the owner of the local TV station, doesn't seem very interested in vacation. .. Read more
| Starring | Mircea Andreescu, Teodor Corban, Ion Sapdaru, Mirela Cioaba |
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| Director | Corneliu Porumboiu |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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December 22. It's been 16 years since the Revolution and Christmas is approaching. Pisconi, an old retiree, is preparing to spend another lonely Christmas. Manescu, a history teacher, doesn't want to lose his entire salary to pay his debts. Jderescu, the owner of the local TV station, doesn't seem very interested in vacation. With Piscoci and Manescu's help, he wants to find an answer to a 16-year-old question: "Did a revolution really take place in their city?"
| Starring | Mircea Andreescu, Teodor Corban, Ion Sapdaru, Mirela Cioaba, Cristina Ciofu, Constantin Dita, Luminita Gheorghiu, Lucian Iftime |
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| Director | Corneliu Porumboiu |
| Studio | FUSION MEDIA |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 26 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Romanian |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 2006 To Rent: DVD: 03 Dec 2007 |
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I found this low budget Romanian film to be particuarly tedious and totally unfunny.The bulk of this rather short film is situated in a small town TV studio ... read more »
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small wonders
If you are a fan of Roy Andersson's films you will most likely love this. A funny and thought-provoking lowkey movie set in a provincial and anonymous ... read more »
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This town's revolution wasnt televised
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A de-tox session for the very patient
For the Anglo-Saxon habituated to the dynamic bombardment of contemporary film and TV, this modest Rumanian satire, focusing on a ropey, shoe-string TV phone... read more »
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