12:08 East of Bucharest

1208 East of Bucharest Romanian A fost sau na fost? is a 2006 Romanian film directed by Corneliu Porumboiu, released in 2006 and winner of the Camra dOr Prize for best first film at the Cannes Film Festival. It was also released in the United States under the abridged titles East of Bucharest and 1208 Bucharest. The film is set in the city of Vaslui, and centers on a group of characters who revisit the Romanian Revolution of 1989 which brought an end to the communist regime.

The American review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 95 of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 44 reviews. Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 77 out of 100, based onreviews.The film has garnered positive press in the United States J. Hoberman of The Village Voice called it, a casually bleak and neatly structured ensemble comedyat once deadpan and bemused. Noel Murray of The A.V. Club said the story and the situation are slight, but in the best possible way. Richard Brody of The New Yorker called it a wise and gentle comedy of political realism.citation needed Wendy Ide of The Times described the film as one of the best of the new wave of Romanian cinema and a droll delight that questions the nature of historical record and the realities of postcommunist Romania with a slyly comic and disarmingly selfmocking tone. It also receivedstars out offrom the New York Post.citation needed ........

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