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12:08 East of Bucharest
  • Studio: Tartan
  • Release Date: Jun 6, 2007
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Metascore
77 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critics What's this?

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8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 5 Ratings

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  • Summary: Sixteen years after the Revolution and just days before Christmas, a local television station in Bucharest has invited several guests to share their moments of glory, as they allegedly stormed city hall, chanting “down with Ceasescu!,” before Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, and his wife fled the presidential palace by helicopter so many years ago. (Tartan USA)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    100
    Porumboiu, who also produced and wrote, elicits remarkably deadpan performances from Teo Corban (as the show's host), Ion Sapdaru (the professor) and - especially - Mircea Andreescu, as the old man. Even the subtitles cracked me up.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Leba Hertz
    100
    It's a movie that seems simple, yet its subtle and brilliant complexity is not to be denied.
  3. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    50
    Part of the minimalist humor growing out of this small-scale event is that they can barely remember anything, because the revolution scarcely made any difference.

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  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. GrigO
    9
    Great movie! u should learn romanian to understand all the hidden humours :D we have a word for the show's host's attitude: sictir :)
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