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The Way I Spent the End of the World
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Wikipedia article
'The Way I Spent the End of the World' is the feature-length film debut of Romanian director Ctlin Mitulescu. It was released on September 15, 2006.
Synopsis
The film is about 17-year-old Eva and 7-year-old Lilu, a sister and brother living in Bucharest during the final years of the communist regime of Nicolae Ceauescu. After Eva is expelled from her high school for her uncooperative attitude, she is sent to a technical school where she meets Andrei, with whom she plans to escape communist Romania by swimming across the Danube into Yugoslavia and relocating to Italy. Lilu and his friends, meanwhile, volunteer for a children's choir scheduled to sing for Ceauescu, hoping this will give them a chance to assassinate the dictator.
Cast and characters
The Matei family
* Dorotheea Petre as Eva Matei* Timotei Duma as Lalalilu Matei
* Carmen Ungureanu as Maria Matei
* Mircea Diaconu as Grigore Matei
* Jean Constantin as Uncle Floric
Lilu's friends
* Valentino Marius Stan as Tarzan* Marian Stoica as Silvic
Eva's friends
* Cristian Vraru as Andrei, Eva's friend* Ionu Becheru as Alexandru Vomic, Eva's boyfriend
Others
* Valentin Popescu as the music teacher* Grigore Gonta as Ceauic
* Florin Zamfirescu as the school director
* Monalisa Basarab as choir teacher
* Corneliu igancu as Bulba
* Nicolae Enache Praida as Titi
Awards
* Dorotheea Petre - Premiul de interpretare feminin (Female actor award)
* Dorotheea Petre - Un Certain Regard Award for Best Actress, 2006 Cannes Film Festival
Alternative titles
* Comment j'ai ft la fin du monde (French title)
* How I Celebrated the End of the World (alternative translation)
See also
* Romanian New Wave
References
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