---
title: '12:08 East of Bucharest (2006)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Corneliu Porumboiu'
released: '2006-05-24'
runtime_minutes: 89
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Romania'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/1208-east-of-bucharest-2006'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0809407/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# 12:08 East of Bucharest (2006)

2006 · 89 min · Comedy · Romania

Original title: A fost sau n-a fost?

## Synopsis

12:08 East of Bucharest is a 2006 Romanian film directed by Corneliu Porumboiu, released in 2006 and winner of the Caméra d'Or Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. It was also released in the United States under the abridged titles East of Bucharest and 12:08 Bucharest. The film is set in a small Romanian town far away from the capital city of Bucharest, and centers on a group of characters who revisit the Romanian Revolution of 1989 which brought an end to the communist regime.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Corneliu Porumboiu](https://cinepixo.com/people/corneliu-porumboiu)
- **Screenplay:** [Corneliu Porumboiu](https://cinepixo.com/people/corneliu-porumboiu)
- **Producer:** [Corneliu Porumboiu](https://cinepixo.com/people/corneliu-porumboiu)
- **Director of Photography:** [Marius Panduru](https://cinepixo.com/people/marius-panduru)

## Cast

- [Luminița Gheorghiu](https://cinepixo.com/people/luminita-gheorghiu)
- [Mircea Andreescu](https://cinepixo.com/people/mircea-andreescu)
- [Teodor Corban](https://cinepixo.com/people/teodor-corban)
- [Ion Sapdaru](https://cinepixo.com/people/ion-sapdaru)

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