4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

Director Cristian Mungiu's drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days unfolds in Romania in the late '80s, during the last waning days of Communist rule. Anamaria Marinca and Laura Vasiliu play, respectively, Otilia and Gabita, two female friends and students who share a Bucharest flat. They soon find ...more

Cristian Mungiu's 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days progresses with the same grim determination as its protagonist Otilia (Anamaria Marinca) does through Bucharest in the late '80s. The story mimics a thriller, following her over the course of a day as she guides her college roommate, Gabita (Laura Vasiliu), through a backroom abortion -- securing the hotel room, meeting the "doctor," and purchasing the cigarettes and goods to be used as bribes. Marinca's remarkable performance is relaxed and ...more