A fost sau n-a fost? (2006)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.2/10   

Director:

Corneliu Porumboiu

Guionista:

Corneliu Porumboiu (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

29 septiembre 2006 (Romania)

Género:

Comedia | Drama | Música

Plot:

It's the 22nd of December. Sixteen years have passed since the revolution, and in a small town Christmas is about to come...

Plot Keywords:

Revolution | Teacher | Debt | Flowers | Drunkenness

Premios:

9 wins & 7 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Before the Revolution?

Reparto

Mircea Andreescu	...	Emanoil Piscoci
Teodor Corban	...	Virgil Jderescu
Ion Sapdaru	...	Tiberiu Manescu
Mirela Cioaba	...	Doamna Manescu
Luminita Gheorghiu	...	Doamna Jderescu
Cristina Ciofu	...	Vali
Lucian Iftime	...	Lica
Annemarie Chertic	...	Vera
Petrica Sapdaru	...	Petrica
Catalin Paraschiv	...	Barman
George Guoqingyun	...	Chen
Constantin Dita	...	Tibi
Daniel Badale	...	Professor
Marius Rogojinski	...	Vecin (as Marius Rogojinschi)
Aurelia Tocu	...	Maricicia Dima (voice)
Ion Apostoliu	...	Vasile Rebegea (voice)
Ion Ciolacu	...	Ion Costachescu (voice)
Lucian Pinzaru	...	Costica Bejan (voice)
Corneliu Negrea	...	Gelu Isarescu (voice)
Coca Bloos	...	Tina (voice)
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Cautea Alexandru	...	Grupul Rotaria
Diaconu Victor Alexandru	...	Grupul Rotaria
Danaila Andrei	...	Grupul Rotaria
Mihai Basescu	...	Grupul Rotaria
Avasiloae Marian Catalin	...	Grupul Rotaria
Birzoi Marian Ciprian	...	Grupul Rotaria
Fartanescu Silviu Costel	...	Grupul Rotaria
Popa Daniel	...	Grupul Rotaria
Suru Iulian	...	Grupul Rotaria
Trufia Carmen Lenuja	...	Grupul Rotaria
Vatamanu Remus	...	Grupul Rotaria
Cristea George Robert	...	Grupul Rotaria
Marius Rogojinschi	...	Vecin
Talmaciu Romeo	...	Grupul Rotaria
Talmaciu Andra Roxana	...	Grupul Rotaria
Leonte Sergiu	...	Grupul Rotaria
Danaila Tudor	...	Grupul Rotaria
Dula Valentin	...	Grupul Rotaria
Dula Ciprian Vladut	...	Grupul Rotaria

Dirigida por
Corneliu Porumboiu

Créditos del guión (en orden alfabético)
Corneliu Porumboiu		writer

Producida por
Daniel Burlac	....	executive producer
Corneliu Porumboiu	....	producer

Música original por
Rotaria

Fotografía por
Marius Panduru

Montaje por
Roxana Szel

Diseño de producción por
Daniel Raduta

Diseño de vestuario por
Monica Raduta

Departamento de maquillaje
Cristina Ilie	....	makeup artist

Ayudante de dirección
Mihai Sofronea	....	second assistant director (as Mihai Sofronea)
Alexandru Vitzentzatos	....	assistant director

Departamento de Arte
Alin Iacovle	....	props
Luca Ionut	....	props

Departamento de sonido
Mirel Cristea	....	assistant sound
Alex Dragomir	....	sound engineer
Sebastien Zsemlye	....	boom operator

Efectos especiales
Mihai Reti	....	special effects (as Reti Mihai)
Florin Stoian	....	special effects

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Pompiliu Avram	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Nicolae Bunea	....	camera loader (as Nicu Bunea)
Dinu Constantin	....	gaffer (as Constantin Dinu)
George Dascalescu	....	camera operator
Marin Gheorghe	....	focus puller: "a" camera
Cristi Grosu	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Cristian Grosu)
Cristi Grosu	....	focus puller: "b" camera (as Cristian Grosu)
Cristian Iacob	....	electrician
Ion Nica	....	gaffer
Tica Terenche	....	video assist operator

Departamento de Edición
Elena Bodrug	....	conforming editor
Dana Cioplea	....	negative cutter
Flori Stoica	....	negative cutter
Marcela Ursu	....	post-production coordinator

Departamento de Transporte
Mihai Tirziman	....	transportation coordinator

Otros miembros del equipo
Lili Gavrilescu	....	script supervisor
Cezar Helmis	....	production coordinator
Adrian Popescu	....	set operator
Oltei Rodica	....	production accountant
Marcela Ursu	....	location manager

Compañías Productores

• 42 Km Film

Distribuidores

• Artroumain (2006) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• Bac Films (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• Discovery Film & Video Distribution (2008) (Croatia) (DVD)
• Divisa Home Video (2008) (Spain) (DVD)
• Filmmuseum Distributie (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Gaia Films (2006) (Spain) (all media)
• Independenta Film (2006) (Romania) (theatrical)
• Mars Production (2007) (Turkey) (theatrical)
• Palisades Tartan (2006) (USA) (all media)
• Tartan (2006) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Video Film Express (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Vivarto (2007) (Poland) (all media)
• Zeta Films (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)

Otras Compañías

• Axel Film  electric equipment
• Castel Film Romania  filming equipment (as Castel Film)
• Exit Films  casting
• Filmex  filming equipment
• Karpatic  casting
• Racova  catering
• Raza Studio  sound post-production
• Videolink  filming equipment
• Videorgy  video post-production

También conocida como:

12:08 East of Bucharest (Canada: English title) (festival title) (USA)
12:08 Al este de Bucarest (Peru) [es]
12:08 al este de Bucarest (Mexico) [es]
Bucarest 12:08 (Argentina) [es]

Duración:

89 min

País:

Romania

Idioma:

Rumano

Color:

Color (Technicolor) | Color

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Netherlands:AL | Sweden:Btl | Argentina:Atp | USA:Unrated | South Korea:12

Locaciones de Filmación:

Bucharest, Romania

Compañía:

42 Km Film

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Best of 2007" (2007)

Before the Revolution?

December 22, 1989. What exactly happened that day in Bucharest? We know Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu left the country bringing about the end of Communism, but, was there ever really a revolt?

This might be a touchy subject for a movie to some Romanians. I mean, after all, the movie is asking questions and challenging the country's history. And there are people who are still alive who can tell us what happened. But, Corneliu Porumboiu's feature lenght directorial debut shouldn't cause any controversy.

"12:08 East of Bucharest" is many things. First of all it is one of the best Romanian movies I have ever seen. It is also one of the best films I've seen in 2006. It is one of the funniest movies I've seen this year and was the best movie I saw at the Chicago International Film Festival this year. But the one thing it is not is a controversial film.

What makes a film just as this so good is the way it weaves a serious subject with humor. Who would have thought a subject about the Romanian revolution could have been so funny? Romanians, and really most of us Eastern Europeans (I'm Hungarian) have a very sarcastic sense of humor. And that humor is shown in spades in this film. In fact the audience I saw this film with (and it was a packed house) were also in fits of laughter. I started laughing at myself for laughing. I was even trying to hold it in so I wouldn't disturb the people sitting next to me.

The film mostly follows three men, Virgil Jderescu (Teodor Corban) the host of a TV show that is going to discuss the 16th anniversary of that fateful day and his two guest, both of whom claim to have been there, Mr. Manescu (Ion Sapdaru) and Mr. Piscoci (Mircea Andeescu).

The first half of the movie introduces these characters to us as each gets ready for the show. The second half of the movie is the TV show itself.

I've complained lately that one of the reason Romanian films don't get distributed in America is because Romanians are going away from what they know. The country has tried so hard to maintain the image it is not behind with the times and wants to impress Western society. This is a big mistake. Don't care what Western audiences will think. Just make films about your country and deal with subjects that are meaningful to you (by "you" I mean Romanian directors). Earlier this year we saw "The Death of Mr. Lazarescu". There was a film that dealt with a "Romanian" problem and people all over the world not only enjoyed it, but, were able to relate to it. This, I believe, would happen more often if Romanian directors followed their hearts instead of some demographic.

"12:08 East of Bucharest" is dealing with a major part of Romanian history and the outcome is a brilliant film that all audience members should be able to relate to. The humor also helps the film by keeping the audience engaged.

I hope we see more films like this. And I also hope director Corneliu Porumboiu keeps making films and hopefully they will be shown in America.

p.s. I also wanted to quickly point out a similarity I found between this film and Bernardo Bertolucci's "The Spider's Stratagem". Both films question a time in history. Are there such things as heroes? Does fact ever get mixed with fiction? How can we separate the two? When is a lie more important than the truth, if ever? These are important things to think about.