12:08 East of Bucharest was first released on September 29th, 2006 in Romania. The worldwide total gross was $517,446 of which $91,881 was domestic gross and $425,565 was foreign gross. This is a foreign film and a comedy/drama genre. The original title is "A fost sau n-a fost?" which means Was it or was it not? and the movie is also called 12:08 Bucharest. The movie was filmed in Bucharest, Romania. The film's duration is eighty-nine minutes. Actors in the movie start with Mircea Andreescu as Emanoil Piscoci and include Teodor Corban as Virgil Jderescu, Ion Sapdaru as Tiberiu Manescu, Mirela Cioba as Doamna Manescu, Luminita Gheorghiu as Doamna Jderescu, Cristina Ciofu as Vali, Lucian Iftime as Lica, Annemarie Chertic as Vera, Petrica Sapdaru as Petrica, catalin Paraschiv as Barmank George Guoquingyun as Chen, Constantin Dita as Tibi, Daniel Badale as the Professor, Marius Rogojinski as Vecin and Aurelia Tocu as Maricicia Dima.
The film is staged at Christmas in a small town old man Poscoci has solitary plans, the school professor, Manescu, is concerned with debts, the television station owner, Jderescu, querries if there was a revolution at the ending of the communist reign. The characters revisit the Romanian Revolution of 1989 to see in the movie. It won the first prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006. The movie was written and directed by Corneliu Porumboiu. It was produced by Corneliu Porumboiu and Daniel Burlac with music by Rotaria and cinematography by George Dascalescu. It was distributed by Tartan USA and released on June 6th, 2007 in New York City. The movie has enjoyed releases around the world beginning in France on July 2nd, 2006 and most recently on December 2nd, 2008 in Germany. Reviewers find it both amusing and politically interesting. The movie has won a total of 9 film awards from around the world.
