How I Celebrated the End of the World
Released: September 15, 2006Runtime: 106 minLanguage: RO
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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Dorotheea Petre
as Eva Matei - A 17-Year-Old Girl
Timotei Duma
as Lalalilu 'Lali' Matei - Eva's Little Brother
Ioan Albu
Sergiu Anghel
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Adrian Bulboaca
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Ion Carangea
Jean Constantin
as Uncle Floricã
Mircea Diaconu
as Grigore Matei - Eva and Lali's Father
Bogdan Dumitrache
as The Doctor
Liviu Fister
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