The Way I Spent the End of the World (2006)

5.8/10 106 min Drama

Overview

Bucharest 1989 - the last year of Ceausecu's dictatorship. Eva lives with her parents and her 7 year old brother, Lalalilu. One day at school, Eva and her boyfriend accidentally break a bust of Ceausescu. They are forced to confess their crime before a disciplinary committee and Eva is expelled from school and transferred to a reformatory establishment. There she meets Andrei, and decides to escape Romania with him. Lalalilu becomes convinced that Ceausescu is the main reason for Eva's decision to leave. So with his friends from school he devises a plan to kill the dictator.

Cast

Dorotheea Petre

Eva Matei

Jean Constantin

Uncle Florică

Monalisa Basarab

Professorà cor

Florin Zamfirescu

The principal of the training school

Mircea Diaconu

Grigore Matei

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