Written and Directed by Ovidiu Bose Paştină
Original title: Timişoara, decembrie 1989
Romania, 1991-1993, 81 min.
Cinematography: Doru Segall
Production: Sahia Film Studio

Set in the title Romanian city during the tumultuous fall of Communist dictator Ceauşescu, this stark black-and-white documentary chronicles the attempts of government soldiers to quell a citizens’ revolt. But during the few days of the uprising, which preceded and stirred the Bucharest events of December 21-22, a surprising thing happens – the soldiers join the citizens. The filmmakers use interviews, video footage of the events and archival photographs to recreate the rebellion. Translucently beautiful, the film looks as if it were shot with an X-ray machine, a simile which is echoed in the grueling testimonies of people betrayed and exposed by their own revolution.