| Cum mi-am petrecut sfârșitul lumii | |
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 Film poster showing Dorotheea Petre as Eva and Timotei Duma as her brother Lilu | |
| Directed by | Cătălin Mitulescu |
| Written by | Cătălin Mitulescu and Andreea Valean |
| Produced by | Cătălin Mitulescu, In-Ah Lee, Philippe Martin, Daniel Mitulescu, Andrew J.Schorr, David Thion |
| Starring | Dorotheea Petre and Timotei Duma |
| Cinematography | Marius Panduru |
| Edited by | Cristina Ionescu |
| Music by | Alexandru Bălănescu |
| Distributed by | Metropolis Film (Romania), Pyramide Distribution (International) |
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| 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, siblings living in Bucharest, Romania during the final years of the 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 by swimming across the Danube into Yugoslavia and then relocating to Italy. Lilu and his friends volunteer for a choir scheduled to perform for Ceaușescu, hoping this will give them a chance to assassinate him.
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 Florică
Lilu's friends
- Valentino Marius Stan as Tarzan
- Marian Stoica as Silvică
Eva's friends
- Cristian Văraru as Andrei, Eva's friend
- Ionuț Becheru as Alexandru Vomică, Eva's boyfriend
Others
- Valentin Popescu as the music teacher
- Grigore Gonta as Ceaușică
- Florin Zamfirescu as the school director
- Monalisa Basarab as choir teacher
- Corneliu Țigancu as Bulba
- Nicolae Enache Praida 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
Alternative titles
- Comment j'ai fêté la fin du monde (French title)
- How I Celebrated the End of the World (alternative translation)
See also
- Romanian New Wave
- List of submissions to the 79th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Romanian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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