we help each other

Randi 2022-04-22 07:01:39

In the first half, I didn't quite understand what the heroine Otilia was up to. I just felt that she was so busy that she was too busy to attend her boyfriend's mother's birthday party. It only took a few minutes to borrow money, book a hotel, meet her boyfriend, buy cigarettes, By car, on the phone, and reluctantly, I went to meet the strange man Bebe for my roommate Gabita and took him to the hotel. When Otilia, Gabita, and Bebe sat down at the hotel, the truth slowly emerged - Gabita was pregnant and wanted an abortion, and Bebe was the one who could perform an "illegal" abortion.

As two students, it was not easy to get enough money for an abortion and for a hotel. As a result, there were twists and turns. There was no record of the hotel room that Gabita booked. Two months, in fact, more than four months. At that time, abortion was prohibited and illegal in Romania. Anyone who had an abortion and assisted would be imprisoned for it. If taking a two-month-old baby is an abortion crime, then taking it out. A baby over four months old is murder and can be sentenced to ten years in prison. So Bebe took this to increase the price, but the female student had no money - it became an endless loop, Otilia said that if she had enough money for the operation first, she would give it to Bebe, and Bebe raised her voice an octave - this dead knot seems to be unable to open Now, Bebe doesn't want to take such a big risk for that little money. Gabita, a weak-looking, incompetent, clueless girl, stormed out the door crying in despair. After smoking half a cigarette and returning to the bathroom in the house, before the audience could shed tears of sympathy, Otilia came in with her lower body naked, she left her back against the wall and left the audience to start rinsing.

On the other side, Bebe is quiet, ready to operate on Gabita.

After that, Otilia's stiff back, bowed head and silent anger, knocked on the door of my heart; she rushed to the birthday party of her boyfriend's mother, and sat in the family of high-level intellectuals listening to them talk about current affairs, with a look of alienation She became a rural girl in their mouths; she returned to her boyfriend's bedroom, and finally spoke out about the abortion for Gabita. She assumed what would happen to her boyfriend when she was pregnant, and got a hesitant affirmative answer; rest assured, she called No one picks up Gabita, half of it is because she misses Gabita and the other half is boring to keep it. Otilia went home. While she was waiting for the elevator, her boyfriend rushed behind her, but she couldn't bear it, so she drove him away. Maybe not everyone can understand Otilia's mood at this time, and will feel that she is somewhat inexplicable. In fact, nothing is inexplicable, it is the subconscious emotion in her heart. Vincent van Gogh said, "Everyone has a fire in their hearts, but people passing by only see smoke." The joys and sorrows in everyone's life are probably only understood by themselves, but I also understand that once someone else's girlfriend gave birth to a child, for the sake of As a wife and mother, having experienced the ruthlessness and helplessness in life, she can understand Otalia's intolerance at the moment. Since you have to rely on yourself for everything, why can't you be self-willed again, is it necessary to accompany laughter, time, and mood?

Leaving her boyfriend's house, Otilia immediately took off her strong armor. In the rain, she ran on the street and bridge. The shaking back and the close footsteps expressed her cry. For Gabita, she gave herself to a wretched middle-aged stranger during her period. Man, I don't want to say how great she is, I don't want to say how her friendship with Gabita is stronger than Jin Jian, I just feel that in this cold, ruthless, selfish world, if something happens to Otilia, she can't rely on society, I can't rely on a man, I can only borrow a little strength from a female friend. This female friend may or may not be Gabita, just like today, no matter how unwilling she is, she will lend a hand to Gabita to help her out of the predicament. Otlia may not be very capable, but she is brave, she must overcome any difficulties, and she must act cautiously and think positively when she encounters sadness (she came out of the toilet to check the bag that Bebe was carrying and secretly Hiding a knife in his bag), is a woman who can take a decisive attitude under the balance. She wasn't so confused that she couldn't understand why Gabita suddenly didn't pick up Bebe and asked her to do it for her, why Gabita told Bebe that she was her sister, why Gabita lied that the child was only two months old, why the hotel booked by Gabita was not recorded, Everything is so coincidental like a game, maybe she is very angry, but she is still unwilling to give to help Gabita, maybe she is very angry, or she always misses Gabita after going out. It seems that the film wants to remind us female audiences through Otilia that it is necessary to unite and help each other to be strong, and to change a certain disadvantaged environment or disadvantaged position of women.

The ending of the film is not too bad. Gabita got the baby out. The 4-month-old dead baby was lying on the floor of the toilet with his body crooked. Throw it in the trash can on the 10th floor... Gabita has a fever but has a good appetite...

The film quickly reminded me of the British movie "Vera Drake", which is also about illegal abortion, a completely different story.

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Extended Reading
  • Herta 2022-03-27 09:01:12

    It's just another landscape painting

  • Christiana 2021-12-25 08:01:13

    It is impossible to believe that this purely female film will be produced by a male director.

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days quotes

  • [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".

  • [subtitled version]

    Gabriela 'Gabita' Dragut: I got rid of it. It's in the bathroom.