If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it. Winner of the 2007 palme dor, the film follows the lives of two college roommates as one attempts to help the other obtain an illegal abortion in communist romania. As i was coming out of a screening of 4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, as shaken up by the experience as i imagine everyone who has seen the film must be, i accidentally fell into step behind a couple she in her 20s or early 30s, he considerably older, both elegantly dressed who were making their reaction to what they had seen a matter for public remark. The independent of foreign films discussions group talkaboutfilms talks about. The surprise winner of the palme dor at last years cannes film festival, this extraordinary portrait of illegal abortion in eighties. The essay was slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Jan 25, 2008 in 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days, a ferocious, unsentimental, often brilliantly directed film about a young woman who helps a friend secure an abortion, the camera doesnt follow the action. There may not be enough films yet to constitute a trend, but the recent flowering of romanian cinemacourtesy of the coalblack comedies the death of mr. From minimalist representation to excessive interpretation. The top award, the palme dor, went to cristian mungiu for 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days, an unsparing yet humane look at life during the dictatorship of nicolae ceausescu. In 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days it is an underground realm marked by perverse rules, where bebe is a law outside the law, meting out his own capricious punishments.
In cristian mungius 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days, gabita desires an abortion, which was then illegal, not for moral reasons, but because ceausescu wanted more subjects to rule. Two college roommates have 24 hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements for a black market abortion. Tales from the golden age a subjective history of communism in romania told through its urban legends. Mar 02, 2008 4 months 3 weeks 2 days movie trailer. Its deeper observations about the oppression of women are, however, doomed to be drowned in debate on prochoice vs. Apr 14, 2015 anamaria marinca and laura vasiliu in 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days a contemporary thriller which has the ability to actually thrill is, quite astonishingly, a depressing rarity. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. A projekt celja, hogy a kommunizmus temajanak kozvetlen erintese nelkul, pusztan az egyeni lehetosegeken keresztul lattassa ezt a balsors sujtotta. The movie follows her and her friend otilia during the day she has made the appointment with mr. A woman assists her friend in arranging an illegal abortion in 1980s romania. Months, 3 weeks and 2 days is a 2007 romanian art film with drama and thriller elements, written and directed by cristian mungiu and starring anamaria. Romania still cringes under the brainless rule of ceausescu. Director cristian mungius drama 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days unfolds in romania in the late 80s, during the last waning days of communist rule.
Mar 22, 20 perhaps 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days ends up making a statement about gender and patriarchy without aiming to do so. Rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny carson 1983 duration. If funding is not immediately forthcoming for mungius next feature and if anamaria marinca doesnt become one of the most sought after actresses in. A film essay on 4 months, 3 weeks, and 2 days which. Mesek az aranykorbol, a romaniai kommunizmus szubjektiv tortenete, a varosi legendak fenyeben.
The film is set in communist romania in the final years of the nicolae ceau. In cristian mungius 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days, gabita desires an abortion, which was then illegal, not for moral reasons, but. Bucharest 2006 and 4 months, which won the palme dor at cannes 2007, upsetting a. All images and subtitles are ed to their respectful owners unless stated otherwise. Mckenzie townsend, anke sabrina beermann dpsoundpost. The projects aim is to talk about that period with no direct reference to communism but only through different stories focused on personal options in a time of misfortunes that. Winner of the prestigious palme dor at the 2007 cannes film festival, the movie is all the more brutally effective because it is so straightforward in its presentation, chronicling a day in the life of two young women caught. A woman assists her friend in arranging an illegal. Find out where 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days is streaming, if 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Anamaria marinca and laura vasiliu play, respectively, otilia and gabita, two female friends and students who share a bucharest flat. Lazarescu, this harrowing palme dor winner from cristian mungiu may be the defining film of the romanian new wave nailbiting and suspenseful, 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days is a stirring sociorealist thriller, led by the exceptional anamaria marin.
With anamaria marinca, laura vasiliu, vlad ivanov, alexandru potocean. A 4 honap, 3 het, 2 nap egy nagyobb projekt resze, melynek cime. She turns in desperation to her roommate otilia, who agrees to help her, and. National catholic register in a key scene of romanian writerdirector cristian mungius 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days, gabita dragut laura vasiliu and her college roommate and friend otilia anamaria marinca agree never again to discuss the horrific events of that day. How far would you go for a friend gabita is pregnant, abortion is strictly forbidden in romania during the communist regime. May 31, 2015 a 1,290word film essay which analyzed the subjection and individual freedom of the female characters in the film 4 months, 3 weeks, and 2 days. But although otilias ordeal demands the patience of a kafka protagonist, it cannot be seen as in any way allegorical. In the last days of communism in romania, a college student wants to end her unplanned pregnancy, but abortion is illegal under the ceausescu. Other romanian films that have been a part of this movement include 12. Winner of the palme dor at cannes 2007 and widely considered one of the 50 greatest films of all time.
Romanian filmmaker cristian mungiu shot to international prominence with this rigorously realistic palme dorwinning second feature. Despite this it is common practice and gabita wants an abortion. It tells the story of two students, roommates in a university dormitory, who try to procure an illegal abortion. Article information, pdf download for from minimalist representation. Four months, three weeks and two days film the guardian. Cristian mungius 4 months, 3 weeks, and 2 days provide just that. This essay situates cristian mungius film, 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days in relation.