This film is technically well-made, a complete failure
Plot
During the Romanian Revolution of 1989, Sibiu witnesses a violent attack on a police station that escalates into armed clashes between soldiers, police, protesters and the secret police. References Rocky (1976).
I was there during that revolution
It exudes the hallmark of bad acting: the actors shout their lines all the time. It is the hallmark of a bad script: there is no conclusion, no catharsis.
Then came the summary trial of the dictator on Christmas Day (to be followed later by the miners’ revolts, etc)
Everyone was trying to find out what was next, whether we would end up in the EU or the Russians would take over. People were trying to find out if their friends were alive, whether they would still have a job the next day.
Slapstick, with historically accurate set design
None of this was the subject of the film. The marketing machine behind it and the official support created a sold-out theater.