Synopsis
At what moment do we begin to live?
Two college roommates have 24 hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements for a black market abortion.
2007 ‘4 luni, 3 săptămîni și 2 zile’ Directed by Cristian Mungiu
Two college roommates have 24 hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements for a black market abortion.
Anamaria Marinca Laura Vasiliu Vlad Ivanov Alexandru Potocean Luminița Gheorghiu Adi Cărăuleanu Liliana Mocanu Doru Ana Ion Sapdaru Cerasela Iosifescu Tania Popa Teodor Corban Eugenia Bosânceanu Mărioara Sterian Georgeta Păduraru Burdujan Geo Dobre Mădălina Ghițescu Cătălina Harabagiu Sânziana Tarța Adina Cristescu Constantin Bojog Cristina Burbuz
4 мeсеца, 3 седмици и 2 дни, 4 meseca, 3 nedelje i dva dana, 4 mjeseca, 3 tjedna i 2 dana, 4 мeсяца, 3 недели и 2 дня, 4 mines, 3 evdomades & 2 meres, 4 månader, 3 veckor och 2 dagar, 4 kuud, 3 nädalat, 2 päeva, 4 måneder, 3 uker og 2 dager, 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days, 4달, 3주 그리고 2일, 4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile, 4 Monate, 3 Wochen und 2 Tage, 4 meses, 3 semanas, 2 días, 4 mēneši, 3 nedēļas un 2 dienas, 4 місяці, 3 тижні і 2 дні, 4 месеца, 3 седмици и 2 дни, 4 měsíce, 3 týdny a 2 dny, 4 måneder, 3 uger og 2 dage, 4 μήνες, 3 εβδομάδες και 2 μέρες, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, 4 meses, 3 semanas y dos días, ۴ ماه، ۳ هفته و ۲ روز, 4 kuukautta, 3 viikkoa, 2 päivää, 4 mois, 3 semaines et 2 jours, 4 mois, 3 semaines, 2 jours, 4 חודשים, 3 שבועות ויומיים, 4 hónap, 3 hét, 2 nap, 4 mánuðir, 3 vikur og 2 dagar, 4 mesi, 3 settimane, 2 giorni, 4ヶ月、3週と2日, 4개월, 3주... 그리고 2일, 4 miesiące, 3 tygodnie i 2 dni, 4 Meses, 3 Semanas e 2 Dias, 4 luni, 3 săptămâni și 2 zile, 4 месяца, 3 недели и 2 дня, 4 månader, 3 veckor & 2 dagar, 4 Ay, 3 Hafta, 2 Gün, 四月三周两天, 4月3周2日-墮胎日記, 4月3週又2天
After the fall of Communism in 1989 Romania and a decade of struggle that followed due to the post-revolution aftereffects, a new breed of filmmakers started what soon turned out to be the resurgence of Romanian films that has since impressed the critics & viewers around the world over the course of the new millennium. And leading this cinematic wave and the most notable testament to Romania’s renaissance & steady prominence in today’s film world is none other than director Cristian Mungiu’s sociopolitical drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days which not only qualifies as arguably the finest film that Romanian film industry has offered us so far but is also one of its decade’s most accomplished, powerful & haunting works of cinematic…
Abortion is horrible, but so is policing women's bodies. Mungiu knows where he stands, but his film lends the impression of a cruel atmosphere where pro-life exists under the insidious creep of an Orwellian state, and pro-choice is visualized in the most graphic, heartless and unrepentant of details. Fuck both sides. Fuck the anti-abortion side that takes no consideration for a woman's autonomy and bodily rights AND fuck the reality of any pulverized fetus that feels pain as it flees from the very process of mutilation. Both sides are ugly. Mungiu’s film lets you ponder the horror regardless of whether you’re pro-life or pro-choice because at the end of the day, women are the victims of a totalitarian state AND…
Bro the last 30 minutes of this movie had my heart RACING. This was so so intense in the best way. I felt so much empathy for these characters and the way we followed their story made me feel so connected to them. I feel like my heart is so heavy right now but this film was so beautiful. This is so important and I think everyone should see it. Let women be in control of their own bodies!!!
Absolutely searing. A germane piece of cinema to society and the issue of human rights that, unfortunately, transcends its time and setting entirely; it’s relevance just as strong today as ever.
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days speaks louder than anything I could possibly put down here, and it does so with such a strong sense of realism and humility for its characters.
The performances are heart-rending, the script is flawless, the camerawork is handheld and so indicative of the feelings these women must be experiencing over the course of the film.
Anyone who makes the personal decision to seek an abortion should have the unequivocal right to do so without outside influence, shame or fear of punishment—in a safe environment, carried out by a medical professional.
That’s all.
a very important yet difficult watch. the power this film holds leaves me speechless.
how to picture the corrosive barbarity of a dictatorship? Cristian Mungius answer is to look in the private sphere. the gapless description of an abortion in the Ceausescu era is in all its simplicity strikingly brutal and disturbing. the grim social study reflects trepidation, anxiety and feels like the chronicle of a trauma to happen. the spectator chokes from the "non-images", the absence of the camera in the most delicate moments.
the infamous ending has all the symbolic power: Ceaucescus romania is nothing but a killing machine, which lets the victims lay open for all eyes to see while having been hidden in the narration. cinema of misery and depression, one that isn't clumsily moralistic, but showing the abject hardship on a very palpable, sensitive level.
2007 Palme d’Or winner is riveting. We follow two Romanian college students Gabita and Otilia over a 24 hour period. When Gabita discovers she’s pregnant the roommates set out on a chilling quest for an illegal abortion. Utilizing long takes and featuring an incredible performance from Anamaria Marinca (Otilia) as she’s doing literally everything she can to help her friend through this situation. I found it incredibly powerful to view this film through the gaze of Otilia rather than Gabita. Though it’s clear Otilia is upset with many of the decisions that Gabita makes along the way, Otilia perseveres because she realizes just how easily she it could have been in the same situation and/or find herself there in the future. It’s…
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days is a tale of friendship challenged by circumstances. Set in Romania during the Decree 770 era, when abortion was illegal, the film presents a series of difficult decisions made by a pregnant woman and her friend. Their situation is vulnerable, opening them up to exploitation and blackmail, with additional risks of physical harm and potential imprisonment. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days is bravely straightforward and uncompromising, made in a matter in fact manner mostly consisting of long takes. Nothing feels melodramatic. Instead the world presented feels very real, filled with little details. Abortion restrictions become a microcosm of broader restrictions on life. Characters do not have freedom, and the economic and…