4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
7.9/10
113 min
2007
ro
Action
Drama
Synopsis
Romania, 1987, the brutal Ceausescu communist regime is in place; birth control is illegal and abortion is a crime punishable by death. Gabita (Laura Vasliu) is almost five months into an unwanted pregnancy and in meek desperation turns to her friend and roommate, Otilia (Anamaria Marinca) for help in organizing an illegal termination. Unfortunate circumstances force the two women to use an unwanted male abortionist, Bebe (Vlad Ivanov). The bleakness of the storyline expresses a dark socio-political critique in the twilight years of a repressive dictatorship.—kwedgwood@hotmail.com
Cast
Anamaria Marinca as Otilia Mihartescu Geo Dobre as Dr. Aldea Vlad Ivanov as Viorel Bebe Alexandru Potocean as Adi Radu
