12:08 East of Bucharest

Comedy, Drama

Mircea Andreescu	Emanoil Piscoci
Luminita Gheorghiu	Doamna Jderescu
Coca Bloos	Tina
Mirela Cioaba	Doamna Manescu
Constantin Dita	Tibi
Teodor Corban	Virgil Jderescu
Ion Sapdaru	Tiberiu Manescu
Cristina Ciofu	Vali
Lucian Iftime	Lica
Annemarie Chertic	Vera
Petrica Sapdaru	Petrica
Catalin Paraschiv	Barman
George Guoqingyun	Chen
Daniel Badale	Professor
Marius Rogojinski	Vecin
Aurelia Tocu	Maricicia Dima
Ion Apostoliu	Vasile Rebegea
Ion Ciolacu	Ion Costachescu
Lucian Pinzaru	Costica Bejan
Corneliu Negrea	Gelu Isarescu

Director	Corneliu Porumboiu
Producer	Daniel Burlac; Corneliu Porumboiu
Writer	Corneliu Porumboiu

12:08pm on the 22 December 1989 was the exact time of Ceausescu's fall from power in Romania. Sixteen years on, a provincial TV talk show decides to commemorate the event by asking local heroes to reminisce about their own contributions to the revolution. But securing suitable guests proves an unexpected challenge and the producer is left with two less than ideal participants - a drink addled history teacher and a retired and lonely sometime-Santa Claus grateful for the company. In the farcical show that follows, the men's fanciful boasts of rebellious glory are hilariously disputed by phone-ins from viewers who recall an altogether different version of events. With entertainingly wry humour, Corneliu Promboiu's debut feature sharply satirises the short memories and inconsistencies of postrevolutionary Romania.

Synopsis
Set 16 years after the revolution, this Romanian drama centres around a local Bucharest television station that invites several residents to reflect on their memories of 16 years prior. As several eccentric individuals share their stories, they must answer questions from viewers who doubt the event ever took place.