Last Day of December (2008)

Genre :

Runtime : 15M

Director : Bogdan George Apetri

Synopsis

A man tries to reconcile a harrowing tale from his past and confront old questions that will keep on haunting him forever.

Actors

Dan Grigoras
Dan Grigoras
Florin Rusu
Florin Rusu
Nora Covali
Nora Covali
Paul Chirila
Paul Chirila

Crews

Bogdan George Apetri
Bogdan George Apetri
Director
Bogdan George Apetri
Bogdan George Apetri
Writer

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