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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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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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Genre:Drama
Written By:Cătălin Mitulescu, Andreea Vălean
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Runtime:106 minutes
Studio:Les Films Pelléas, Strada Film
Cast
Cătălin Mitulescu
Director
Timotei Duma
Lalalilu 'Lali' Matei
Dorotheea Petre
Eva Matei
Carmen Ungureanu
Maria Matei
Ionuţ Becheru
Alexandru Vomică
Cristian Văraru
Andrei
Jean Constantin
Uncle Florică
Monalisa Basarab
Professorà cor
Florin Zamfirescu
The principal of the training school
Anca Ahrfrescu
Soçia lui Nucu
Sergiu Anghel
The headmaster
Adrian Bulboaca
The second guitarist
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