12:08 East of Bucharest

Name: 12:08 East of Bucharest
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu
Released: 2006
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Mircea Andreescu, Teodor Corban, Ion Sapdaru, Mirela Cioaba, Luminita Gheorghiu

2006 · 89 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 8,322 VOTES · DIR. Corneliu Porumboiu

Overview

It's the 22nd of December. Sixteen years have passed since the revolution, and in a small town Christmas is about to come. Piscoci, an old retired man is preparing for another Christmas alone. Manescu, the history teacher, tries to keep up with his debts. Jderescu, the owner of a local television post, seems not to be so interested in the upcoming holidays. For him, the time to face history has come. Along with Manescu and Piscoci, he is trying to answer for himself a question which for 16 years has not had an answer: "Was it or wasn't it a revolution in their town?"

Dialogue Timeline — 1,134 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:51 Hello?

00:06:48 Will talk to his two guests who witnessed the events.

00:10:31 - Did I mention Liliana called? - Yes.

00:13:42 Gigi, how many times have I told you to stop me when I get drunk?

00:17:11 - Do you have a bag? - What for?

00:22:11 What are you doing here? Come on. Buzz off!

00:26:07 - Where are you going for New Year's Eve? - I'm staying home, as usual.

00:29:43 You've got no problem driving at night.

00:33:31 Since I was a student and you were doing Santa at my school.

00:36:25 - Yes, I am. - Come on, people, let's go!

00:40:25 Good afternoon!

00:44:15 Weren't you afraid, Mr. Manescu?

00:47:38 Yeah, after...

00:50:15 Yes?

00:52:54 When Secret Services guys were chasing us and we got to your box

00:55:13 Come on, Mr. Piscoci. Sit down.

00:57:46 Just a moment, please!

01:00:25 Where was I then? on the Moon?

01:02:58 - Mr. Piscoci, what are you doing? - I'm going to the men's room.

01:06:07 Anybody else on the line? Good evening!

01:08:42 OK! What about the other three?

01:11:17 This guy has got no grain of decency left.

01:15:54 I told Maria that, if he gave us 100 lei apiece

192:04:08 Plus the one yesterday... 326 lei.

Cast & Characters

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

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,134

Dialogue density12.7 lines / min

First line00:02:51

Final line192:04:08

Production Record

DirectorCorneliu Porumboiu

LanguageRO

Budget$223,000

IMDb votes8,322