The Way I Spent the End of the World

1h 46min

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.

Production Companies

Uni Etoile 3

Acht Frankfurt

Briarcliff Films

CNC

Cofimage 17

Eurimages

Les Films Pelléas

NEP

SEE Cinema Network

Sofica Soficinéma 2

Strada Film

Sundance / NHK International Filmmakers Award

Canal+

Sundance Institute

Cast

Timotei Duma

Timotei Duma

Lalalilu 'Lali' Matei
Ionuţ Becheru

Ionuţ Becheru

Alexandru Vomică
Jean Constantin

Jean Constantin

Uncle Florică
Monalisa Basarab

Monalisa Basarab

Professorà cor
Florin Zamfirescu

Florin Zamfirescu

The principal of the training school
Anca Ahrfrescu

Anca Ahrfrescu

Soçia lui Nucu
Sergiu Anghel

Sergiu Anghel

The headmaster
Adrian Bulboaca

Adrian Bulboaca

The second guitarist
Mircea Diaconu

Mircea Diaconu

Grigore Matei

Release date

15th Sep 2006

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Română