4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

2007 ‘4 luni, 3 săptămîni și 2 zile’ Directed by Cristian Mungiu

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.

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

Alternative Titles

4 мeсеца, 3 седмици и 2 дни, 4 měsíce, 3 týdny a 2 dny, 4 Monate, 3 Wochen und 2 Tage, 4 måneder, 3 uger og 2 dage, 4 kuud, 3 nädalat, 2 päeva, 4 meses, 3 semanas, 2 días, 4 kuukautta, 3 viikkoa, 2 päivää, 4 mois, 3 semaines, 2 jours, 4 mines, 3 evdomades & 2 meres, 4 mjeseca, 3 tjedna i 2 dana, 4 hónap, 3 hét, 2 nap, 4 mesi, 3 settimane, 2 giorni, 4개월, 3주... 그리고 2일, 4달, 3주 그리고 2일, 4 måneder, 3 uker og 2 dager, 4 miesiące, 3 tygodnie i 2 dni, 4 Meses, 3 Semanas e 2 Dias, 4 meseca, 3 nedelje i dva dana, 4 мeсяца, 3 недели и 2 дня, 4 månader, 3 veckor och 2 dagar, 4 ay, 3 hafta, 2 gün, 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days

drama

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Popular reviews

Review by Sally Jane Black 7

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

By chance, I am watching this on Mother's Day. I make no apologies.
This film contains three stunning moments of sacrifice (well, more, really, but three that stood out). The first is when Otilia sleeps with the abortionist for Gabita (who then also sleeps with him). It's a disgusting moment, as the man forces a woman in a moment of pure vulnerability to pleasure him, despite being entirely off-camera. It's the most gut-churning moment of the entire film. It's also the moment that makes it clear how the anti-abortion laws fully put women at the power of men, making it as sleazy and direct as possible.
The second moment is when Otilia goes to her boyfriend's house, despite her awful…
Review by CinemaClown ★★★★½ 2

After the fall of Communism in 1989 Romania & a decade of struggle due to the post-revolution after-effects, a new breed of filmmakers started what soon turned out to be the resurgence of Romanian films in world cinema that has greatly impressed the film critics & viewers around the world over the course of the new millennium. And leading this cinematic wave & 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 Cinema of Romania has offered us so far but is also one of its decade’s most accomplished, powerful & haunting works of cinematic…
Review by Robert (on hiatus) ★★★★½

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Romania in the late 80s presents itself with very interesting topics. Having been beleaguered by communism for twenty-something years, those last few knockings of Ceaușescu's mandate were very stern to the population. Indeed, everyone who's lived back then will tell you about the wages and how everyone was obliged to contribute with their work-force, thus resulting in a low percentage of the population being out of work, but I digress. There are lots to talk about here, as what Mungiu's craft does, is put on film how dire the situation was. Do bear in mind that this is a singular case. 20th century Romania is a treasure trove for propping up a movie plot. From our arguably greatest poet being…
Review by BrandonHabes ★★★★★ 11

Abortion is horrible, but so is policing women's bodies. Mungiu effectively gives a middle finger to both sides of the debate, creating 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. Humans don't know how to be free without fucking themselves and others up, nor do they know how to benevolently rule over others without abusing their positions of power. Totalitarianism is evil, but human choice can be just as bad.
This film jaaaaaaaacked me up.
Bleeds wretchedness on all fronts. A timely reminder of what freedom looks like in the face of state oppression, and the depressing consequences…
Review by vincent ★★★★★ 1

Exceptional. One of the easiest five stars I've given. It's brilliant all the way around from the acting, directing, and just tension and sense of urgency that just keeps you on edge. There's something about how the dialogue is written that is just intriguing, like the scene where they first meet the man in the hotel room, it's just so fucking good man.
Review by Emily Housel ★★★★½ 3

Holy crap. This really got to me. Keep abortion safe and legal

Recent reviews

Review by Donnie Edwards ★★★★½

"We're never going to talk about this, okay?"
The plate of meat in the last scene 🤢
Review by Marcos Câmara ★★★★★

quase gorfei, muito bom
Review by Kimo

“You apologized, but do you know what for?”
Review by James Moss ★★★½

• Anamaria Marinca is stellar in the lead role. Her expressive face, steely determination, exasperation, resilience, loyalty and love are absolutely perfect. If not for a certain reclusive actor as an oilman, I would say this would almost certainly the best performance of 2007.
• The two other main actors also do some really good work. Laura Vasiliu’s Gabita is so helpless and naïve that it is almost implausible, a fault of Cristian Mungiu’s screenplay, but Vasiliu does everything she can to make this a sympathetic character. She largely succeeds. Vlad Ivanov is utterly chilling as Bebe, with his cold, degrading, predatory nature coming across subtly and completely.
• I love how Mungiu and Oleg Mutu use the camera here.…
Review by Belien_12 ★★★★

The movie hits you cold in the first half, and gets better every minute in the second.
Review by iFunkaar ★★★★½

Grim Romanian drama that depicts the harsh realities of the abortion law in the 1980s through the eyes of two students. Minimal dialogue & long takes add tremendous value to this devastating film.
Review by celina ★★★★

nu mai vorbim niciodată despre asta, da?
so i've never watched any film in my mother's tongue and i totally regret it because this is a masterpiece. as a woman i felt every second, the struggle and the sacrifice. even though the first thing we think is the abortion, it's not just about that. the main character is her friend who is doing everything to help, and we can see perfectly how she experiences the pain and how she worries so much (anamaria marinca you did amazing!!).
ce să mai spun? this is powerful and a very serious film and im glad i watched it.
Review by miro_pulgar ★★★★

Molt fort.
Review by Danny

painful. haunting. visceral. beautiful. human.