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2006 | Color | 1 h 29

December 22. Sixteen years have gone by since the Revolution. The aging Piscoci is retired and getting ready to spend another Christmas by himself. Manescu, a history teacher, tries to avoid using his entire salary to pay his debts. Jderescu, the owner of a local TV station, doesn't seem to be interested in the holy days. Together with Piscoci and Manescu, he wants to find an answer to a 16-year-old question: "Was there a revolution in their town or not?"


Country: Rumania
Direction: Porumboiu; Corneliu
Script: Porumboiu; Corneliu
Production: Porumboiu; Corneliu, Burlac; Dan
Photography: Panduru; Marius
Sound: Dragomir; Alexandru, Zsemlye; Sebastian
Music: Rotaria;
Cast:Andreescu; Mircea, Sapdaru; Ion, Corban; Teodor
Participation year at FICM: 2009

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