"4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days" is told from the perspective of Otilia (Anamaria Marcina), a college student who helps her roommate, Gabita (Laura Vasiliu) carry out an abortion. The film takes place in 1987 Romania, a time where it is illegal to have an abortion. The two arrange for a specialist named Mr. Bebe (Vlad Ivanov) to meet them privately at a hotel room and insert a probe into Gabita to force out the fetus.
Whatever your position on abortion, "4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days" is a must see film. It's a bleak, harrowing, and indelible motion picture with standout performances and acerbic directing. The film is filled with long, drawn out sequences with terrific and realistic dialogue. Pay close attention to the camerawork from director Christian Mungui and notice how few (or fewer than usual) cuts are needed to tell and advance the story.
If there is a flaw, and it's an understandable one, it's that because the film takes place in only a day, we never know how bad Laura's situation is nor any kind of background information on the characters. But it's easy to let that slide because then the film might appear to be taking sides, which it doesn't. It describes an event; this happened on this day and this is how it happened. The choice of telling the story from a friend's point of view and making her the main character is a wise one.
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