A Christmas movie where the present is a dictator's corpse on TV.
A visual collage following the rise and fall of infamous 20th century Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu
Editing
Rapid-fire archival cuts that weaponize found footage into poetry.
Sound
Scott Walker's score haunts like a ghost at the revolution.
Direction
Garrett turns 12 minutes of history into a feverish autopsy.
Director
Sonny Garrett
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Romanian Revolution was the only violent overthrow of a communist regime in 1989 Eastern Europe, broadcast live as it happened.
Scott Walker composed the score before his death; this became one of his final works, eerily mirroring the film's obsession with finality.
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