The Way I Spent the End of the World

The Way I Spent the End of the World

2006 · 106 min · ★ 5.8 · Drama

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

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Timotei Duma Lalalilu 'Lali' Matei
Dorotheea Petre Eva Matei
Carmen Ungureanu Maria Matei
Ionuţ Becheru Alexandru Vomică
Cristian Văraru Andrei
Jean Constantin Uncle Florică
Monalisa Basarab Professorà cor
Florin Zamfirescu The principal of the training school
Anca Ahrfrescu Soçia lui Nucu
Sergiu Anghel The headmaster
Adrian Bulboaca The second guitarist
Mircea Diaconu Grigore Matei

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