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?

00:06:44 The show's host, the well-known journalist Virgil Jderescu

00:10:22 They'll turn up eventually, you'll see. Everybody wants to be on television.

00:13:32 Cut the bullshit! I didn't drink champagne, haven't I?

00:16:55 - Where? - All over!

00:21:32 Come on, man, I need to get to the country side today!

00:25:39 40 lei. Nothing more, nothing less.

00:29:23 - Did you say 200? - Yup.

00:32:00 Come on, Chen! The whole town's been buying your firecrackers

00:35:59 Nothing much... Just stretching my legs.

00:39:21 As you all know, today is a very important day for our country.

00:43:23 A few buddies and I had spent the night before

00:46:51 It was this guy, Bejan. He used to work for the Secret Services.

00:49:26 How do you respond to what the lady just said?

00:52:01 Of course I walked. What the hell?

00:54:16 What can I... A fucking Communist!

00:56:35 I'm going to sue you, and you'll have to pay through the nose for this!

00:59:23 No, I'm not.

01:01:32 What do you mean 'nonsense'?

01:04:50 - I'll start with Mr. Emanoil Piscoci. - Good afternoon.

01:07:24 But they were all walking fast, like they were on dope.

01:09:47 All right. Why have you called?

01:13:23 I shaved. And then

01:17:58 Well, I'm not calling to contradict you, Mr. Jderescu.

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 line01:17:58

Production Record

DirectorCorneliu Porumboiu

LanguageRO

Budget$223,000

IMDb votes8,322