The Way I Spent the End of the World
Cum mi-am petrecut sfârșitul lumii | |
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Directed by | Cătălin Mitulescu |
Written by | Cătălin Mitulescu and |
Produced by | Cătălin Mitulescu, In-Ah Lee, , , , |
Starring | Dorotheea Petre and |
Cinematography | |
Edited by | |
Music by | Alexandru Bălănescu |
Distributed by | (Romania), (International) |
Release date | 2006 |
Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | Romania |
Language | Romanian |
The Way I Spent the End of the World (Romanian: Cum mi-am petrecut sfârșitul lumii) is the feature-length film debut of Romanian director Cătălin 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 Ceaușescu. 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 Ceaușescu, hoping this will give them a chance to assassinate the dictator.
Cast and characters[]
The Matei family[]
- Dorotheea Petre as Eva Matei
- as Lalalilu Matei
- as Maria Matei
- Mircea Diaconu as Grigore Matei
- Jean Constantin as Uncle Florică
Lilu's friends[]
- as Tarzan
- as Silvică
Eva's friends[]
- as Andrei, Eva's friend
- as Alexandru Vomică, Eva's boyfriend
Others[]
- as the music teacher
- as Ceaușică
- Florin Zamfirescu as the school director
- Monalisa Basarab as choir teacher
- as Bulba
- as Titi
Awards[]
- Dorotheea Petre - Premiul de interpretare feminină (Female actor award)
- Dorotheea Petre - Un Certain Regard Award for Best Actress, 2006 Cannes Film Festival[1]
Alternative titles[]
- Comment j'ai fêté la fin du monde (French title)
- How I Celebrated the End of the World (alternative translation)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Dorotheea Petre". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
External links[]
- Official website
- Cum mi-am petrecut sfârșitul lumii at IMDb
- Profile at cinemagia.ro
- The Way I Spent the End of the World at Film Movement - US Distributor
Study on 1989 in Romanian Cinema https://www.academia.edu/3671294/Post-Heroic_Revolution_Depicting_the_1989_Events_in_the_Romanian_Historical_Film_of_the_Twenty-First_Century
- Romanian-language films
- 2006 films
- Romanian films
- 2006 drama films
- Films directed by Cătălin Mitulescu
- Works about the Romanian Revolution
- Romanian drama films
- 2006 directorial debut films