- HD 1080
- Runtime: 89m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: ro
- Country: Romania
- Director: Corneliu Porumboiu
- Stars: Mircea Andreescu, Teodor Corban, Ion Sapdaru, Mirela Cioabă, Luminița Gheorghiu
- keywords: romanian new wave
- Production_studio: 42 Km Film
- The 12:08 East of Bucharest is featured in the top rankings of 2006
- #38 in Top Comedy Movies of 2006
It's the 22nd of December. Sixteen years have passed since the revolution, and in a small town Christmas is about to come. Piscoci, an old retired man is preparing for another Christmas alone. Manescu, the history teacher, tries to keep up with his debts. Jderescu, the owner of a local television post, seems not to be so interested in the upcoming holidays. For him, the time to face history has come. Along with Manescu and Piscoci, he is trying to answer for himself a question which for 16 years has not had an answer: "Was it or wasn't it a revolution in their town?"