The way my parents and grandparents explained the communist era of Romania made it seem like this utopia, where everyone was good, life was good and everyone loved the dictator Ceausescu and I fell for it, but after watching this documentary my mind has changed. It really shows the true colors of the revolution, while I do believe that there was some foreign intervention, I think the revolution was mostly the people growing tired of the two leaders. In my opinion, and most people's to be completely honest, Ceausescu was a lesser evil, tho Elena was truly the bad one. My father did take part in the revolution, but he thinks it was worthless, I personally think that it was mostly a way to fight the trauma of getting shot at by the people meant to defend you. My mother was 14 at the time, my dad was 23, my mother lived in the Rahova area and she could hear the gunshots from her room. The documentary really made me understand what she felt during that time, so that is why I rate it a 10/10.