The Way I Spent the End of the World

The Way I Spent the End of the World

The Way I Spent the End of the World

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The Way I Spent the End of the World

2006

1h 46m

5.8(32 votes)

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.

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Les Films Pelléas

Strada Film

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Cast & Crew

13 members

Acting

Timotei Duma

Lalalilu 'Lali' Matei

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Dorotheea Petre

Eva Matei

Dorotheea Petre

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Carmen Ungureanu

Maria Matei

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Ionuţ Becheru

Alexandru Vomică

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Cristian Văraru

Andrei

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Jean Constantin

Uncle Florică

Jean Constantin

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Monalisa Basarab

Professorà cor

Monalisa Basarab

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Florin Zamfirescu

The principal of the training school

Florin Zamfirescu

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Anca Ahrfrescu

Soçia lui Nucu

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Sergiu Anghel

The headmaster

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Adrian Bulboaca

The second guitarist

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Mircea Diaconu

Grigore Matei

Mircea Diaconu

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Marius Stan

Tarzan

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