4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

  • Director: Cristian Mungiu
  • Countries of origin: Romania, Belgium
  • Language: Romanian
  • Release date: September 14, 2007
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: 4 meses, 3 semanas, 2 días
  • "4 Months" is a feature film directed by Cristian Mungiu and starring Anamaria Marinca and Vlad Ivanov . It was released in France on August 27, 2007.
    The film tells the story of a female student who still insisted on performing an abortion with the help of a close friend of her boudoir when abortion was considered illegal under the Romanian law, which led to a series of terrible consequences   . In 2007, the film won the 60th Cannes International Film Festival Palme d'Or, the 20th European Film Awards for Best Picture and other awards   .

    Details

    • Release date September 14, 2007
    • Filming locations Romania
    • Production companies Mobra Films, Centrul National al Cinematografiei (CNC), Mindshare Media

    Box office

    Budget

    €590,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $1,198,208

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $51,712

    Gross worldwide

    $10,174,839

    Movie reviews

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    • By Amelia 2022-04-24 07:01:15

      The drama blockbuster that won the Palme d'Or in 2007

      "Abortion Diary", also known as "Three Weeks and Two Days in April". This is probably the first movie in Xiaosheng's life where he can't sleep because of heartache after watching it. Don't talk about the content of the movie, just talk about the feelings. The greed and cruelty, cowardice and viciousness of human nature are thrown in front of the audience in the most straightforward way, with nowhere to hide. The entire film cost less than 600,000 euros, and there were no more than three main...

    • By Yasmin 2022-04-24 07:01:15

      a day's compression

      Summary: A female college student helps her roommate who was pregnant unexpectedly find an unscrupulous doctor to perform an abortion. In desperation, the two agreed that the doctor would use their own body as the price for the operation, and successfully completed the operation and aborted the child. Film review: The gray tone of the scene is slightly shaken, and the film has suppressed emotions from the beginning. Four months, three weeks and two days of life were squeezed into this one...

    • By Davonte 2022-04-23 07:02:59

      Sorry, I have to point my gun at Gabita.

      Ashamed to say, I was so angry that I could only see the 48th minute was not the doctor, nor the Romanian system at that time. I'm mad at Gabita's stupidity. When something really big happens, a lie is the greatest stupidity.

      And in many cases, ignorance is also a sin. This comes from an argument I've seen that, in a way, child ignorance is also a sin. (like "The Hunt")

      When the doctor made the request, Gabita said "This really makes me sick." I almost died of anger, how could...

    • By Jayda 2022-04-23 07:02:59

      The indulgence of "two people", the pain of "two people".

      The long silence between the two at the end imprinted this time of depression and sadness in the hearts of the audience.

      In the social background of Romania at that time, Gabita's boyfriend abandoned his pregnant girlfriend, Gabita's timid character had to ask his roommate Otilia to secretly help with abortion, and the girls' poverty could only satisfy the desires of wild doctors by selling their...

    • By Josefina 2022-04-23 07:02:59

      [Turn off the lights and tear down the movie] Could it be that the almanac of that year said that an abortion was advisable?

      pea

      Turn off the lights and dismantle the movie, read only the classics. 6 minutes to watch the 2017 Shanghai Film Festival hit movie "April Three Weeks Two Days". Appreciate one popular style every day, and finish the film festival efficiently.

      If the world film history has a almanac, there must be three words written in 2007:

      should. beat. fetal.

      User comments

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      • By Linnea 2022-03-28 09:01:06

        1. Don’t mention cultural heritage, don’t mention race, how similar the blond Eastern Europeans are to our past, socialism or capitalism, the struggle is just a word game of the ruling class, domination, brainwashing, people Being framed under different systems, the predicament of life is similar. 2. This girl is really nice. She is so nice to her roommate. In fact, her boyfriend and her parents are also very nice. I hope they can be...

      • By Lizeth 2022-03-28 09:01:06

        9 The overall narrative of the plot with almost no ups and downs is like the icy tone of the film. The parties involved in the abortion are not the protagonists, but the camera has been following them. The awkward silence of the pair contrasts with the hilarious dinner party behind the scenes, revealing social criticism in casual conversations about what's going on around the young college...

      • By Keith 2022-03-28 09:01:06

        Winning an award is one thing, liking is...

      • By Stone 2022-03-27 09:01:12

        So Terrifying. So Tense. So Bureaucratic. Never tentatively ask my boyfriend what if I'm...

      • By Damion 2022-03-27 09:01:12

        To endure a clandestine abortion with insults worse than rape, great fear, and ethical and cultural culpability, is at the same time a breakout from strict social surveillance, a breakout from a society where urban-rural discrimination, occupational reliance on assignments, and population mobility controls exist. The persecution of human beings by social rules is demonstrated under the eternal ethical issue of abortion. The film creates a constant sense of unease and anxiety through camera...

      Evaluation action

      "4 Months" is a movie full of tension. In the film, the director repeatedly used a smooth and simple technique, according to the changing sequence of the scenes, to explain several closed paragraphs to the audience. There is still enough dramatic tension in the simple dialogue in the film. A hand-held follow-up shot was used for a small number of outdoor scenes in the film, and the violent shaking completely released the long-depressed...
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      Movie quotes

      • Otilia: [subtitled version] We're never going to talk about this, okay?

      • [last lines]

        [subtitled version]

        Otilia: They're still serving so late?

        Gabriela 'Gabita' Dragut: He's just coming.

        [the waiter serves the meal]

        Otilia: What's that?

        Waiter: The wedding party menu. Beef, pork fillet, liver, breaded brains, marrow...

        Otilia: Can we have another bottle of mineral water while we think it over?

      • [subtitled version]

        Otilia: Why did you make the reservation by phone?

        Gabriela 'Gabita' Dragut: I thought it'd be like calling from somewhere else.

        Otilia: You "thought".