12:08 East of Bucharest, (Corneliu Porumboiu, 2006)
I'm working my way through the Romanian New Wave collection on the Criterion Channel, and the other night I watched Corneliu Porumboiu's 2006 film 12:08 East of Bucharest. It's a comedy, and although at times it was a little inconsistent (as comedies tend to be), there were also times when I laughed out loud. It also asked the question of what constitutes a revolution. Virgil Jderescu (Teodor Corban) hosts a local access TV show, and he invites a couple friends, Tiberiu Manescu (Ion Sapdaru) and Emanoil Piscoci (Mircea Andreescu), to discuss whether there had actually been a revolution in their small town or not at the fall of Ceausescu regime. At the end you're wondering if anyone actually participated in the revolution. Recommended.
No comments:
Post a Comment