Censorship in Communist Romania Censorship in Communist Romania Censorship in Communist Romania is the censorship in the Socialist Republic of Romania, in two stages: the first Communist president Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej period (1947-1965) and the second and the last Communist president Nicolae Ceauşescu period (1965-1989). The Romanian Communist Party (PCR) was not even popular back then, and thus, the Romanian society was not highly censored under the democracy before the World War II period. Up until the beginning of World War ΙΙ, Romania had a tendency to become closer to Western European countries; Romania tried to establish a free market economy, people had an access
12:08 East of Bucharest of day at which Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu fled following the revolution, 12:08 pm on 22 December 1989. The original Romanian title roughly translates to "Was There or Wasn't There?", referring to the film's central issue: did Vaslui have any part in the 1989 revolution? The answer depends on whether the city registered any protest before the moment of Ceauşescu's flight. The American review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 95% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 44 reviews. Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 77 out of 100, based on 15 reviews. The film