The Way I Spent the End of the World (2006)
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.
Director: Cătălin Mitulescu
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Timotei Duma as Lalalilu 'Lali' Matei |
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Dorotheea Petre as Eva Matei |
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Carmen Ungureanu as Maria Matei |
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Ionuţ Becheru as Alexandru Vomică |
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Cristian Văraru as Andrei |
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Jean Constantin as Uncle Florică |
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Monalisa Basarab as Professorà cor |
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Florin Zamfirescu as The principal of the training school |
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Anca Ahrfrescu as Soçia lui Nucu |
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Sergiu Anghel as The headmaster |
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Adrian Bulboaca as The second guitarist |
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Mircea Diaconu as Grigore Matei |
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Marius Stan as Tarzan |
| Directing | Cătălin Mitulescu | Director |
| Production | In-Ah Lee | Producer |
| Writing | Andreea Vălean | Writer |
| Production | Andrew J. Schorr | Co-Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ana Piesea | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Monica Răduță | Costume Design |
| Production | David Thion | Producer |
| Sound | Alexander Bălănescu | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Smaranda Iftimie | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nolwenn Goupil | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Philippe Martin | Producer |
| Art | Daniel Răduță | Art Direction |
| Editing | Cristina Ionescu | Editor |
| Production | Emil Slotea | Casting |
| Camera | Marius Panduru | Director of Photography |
| Production | Ciprian Panaite | Casting |
| Production | Daniel Mitulescu | Producer |
| Writing | Cătălin Mitulescu | Writer |
| Production | Cătălin Mitulescu | Producer |
| Production | Raffaele Donato | Associate Producer |
| Production | Andreea Vălean | Associate Producer |
| Production | Martin Scorsese | Associate Producer |
| Production | Wim Wenders | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Stéphane Thiébaut | Sound |
| Sound | Nicolas Fioraso | Sound |
| Sound | Bertrand Boudaud | Sound |