Mar 22, 20 perhaps 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days ends up making a statement about gender and patriarchy without aiming to do so. Despite this it is common practice and gabita wants an abortion. Mesek az aranykorbol, a romaniai kommunizmus szubjektiv tortenete, a varosi legendak fenyeben. The essay was slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. Anamaria marinca in 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days 2007 cristian mungiu and. In 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days it is an underground realm marked by perverse rules, where bebe is a law outside the law, meting out his own capricious punishments. Its deeper observations about the oppression of women are, however, doomed to be drowned in debate on prochoice vs. Tales from the golden age a subjective history of communism in romania told through its urban legends. Anamaria marinca and laura vasiliu play, respectively, otilia and gabita, two female friends and students who share a bucharest flat. From minimalist representation to excessive interpretation. Director cristian mungius drama 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days unfolds in romania in the late 80s, during the last waning days of communist rule.
The movie follows her and her friend otilia during the day she has made the appointment with mr. As i was coming out of a screening of 4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, as shaken up by the experience as i imagine everyone who has seen the film must be, i accidentally fell into step behind a couple she in her 20s or early 30s, he considerably older, both elegantly dressed who were making their reaction to what they had seen a matter for public remark. Winner of the palme dor at cannes 2007 and widely considered one of the 50 greatest films of all time. The film is set in communist romania in the final years of the nicolae ceau. Months, 3 weeks and 2 days is a 2007 romanian art film with drama and thriller elements, written and directed by cristian mungiu and starring anamaria. It tells the story of two students, roommates in a university. In cristian mungius 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days, gabita desires an abortion, which was then illegal, not for moral reasons, but. The independent of foreign films discussions group talkaboutfilms talks about. The surprising snub of 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days 2007, which wasnt even nominated, resulted in intense scrutiny and ridicule of the academy awards by the international film community and eventually inspired reforms to the best foreign language film selection process.
Perhaps 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days ends up making a statement about gender and patriarchy without aiming to do so. Theyre a dedicated group who have a quality projector lens for every location and can transform any large hall. With anamaria marinca, laura vasiliu, vlad ivanov, alexandru potocean. The projects aim is to talk about that period with no direct reference to communism but only through different stories focused on personal options in a time of misfortunes that. Romania, 1987, the brutal ceausescu communist regime is in place. But although otilias ordeal demands the patience of a kafka protagonist, it cannot be seen as in any way allegorical. Rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny carson 1983 duration.
Bucharest 2006 and 4 months, which won the palme dor at cannes 2007, upsetting a lot. How far would you go for a friend gabita is pregnant, abortion is strictly forbidden in romania during the communist regime. Article information, pdf download for from minimalist representation to. Apr 14, 2015 anamaria marinca and laura vasiliu in 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days a contemporary thriller which has the ability to actually thrill is, quite astonishingly, a depressing rarity. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it. And in romania, the era has inspired a group of powerful films, including mr. Anamaria marinca and laura vasiliu in 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days a contemporary thriller which has the ability to actually thrill is, quite astonishingly, a depressing rarity. There may not be enough films yet to constitute a trend, but the recent flowering of romanian cinemacourtesy of the coalblack comedies the death of mr. A 1,290word film essay which analyzed the subjection and individual freedom of the female characters in the film 4 months, 3 weeks, and 2 days. A woman assists her friend in arranging an illegal abortion in 1980s romania. Rent 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days 2007 on dvd and bluray. Jan 25, 2008 in 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days, a ferocious, unsentimental, often brilliantly directed film, the camera doesnt follow the action, it expresses consciousness itself.
It might not send you out dancing, but this bleak romanian drama will draw you in with its. Lazarescu, this harrowing palme dor winner from cristian mungiu may be the defining film of the romanian new wave nailbiting and suspenseful, 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days is a stirring sociorealist thriller, led by the exceptional anamaria marin. Mar 02, 2008 4 months 3 weeks 2 days movie trailer. Balancing sardonic humour with a pitiful critique of romanian life under the crumbling rule of. Find out where 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days is streaming, if 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days is on netflix, and get news and updates.
A 4 honap, 3 het, 2 nap egy nagyobb projekt resze, melynek cime. National catholic register in a key scene of romanian writerdirector cristian mungius 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days, gabita dragut laura vasiliu and her college roommate and friend otilia anamaria marinca agree never again to discuss the horrific events of that day. All images and subtitles are ed to their respectful owners unless stated otherwise. A film essay on 4 months, 3 weeks, and 2 days which. Today otilia books a room in a cheap hotel, where gabita is hoping to get rid of her baby with the help of a backstreet abortionist. In 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days, a ferocious, unsentimental, often brilliantly directed film, the camera doesnt follow the action, it expresses consciousness itself.
Winner of the prestigious palme dor at the 2007 cannes film festival, the movie is all the more brutally effective because it is so straightforward in its presentation, chronicling a day in the life of two young women. Romanian drama uses hyperrealism to powerful effect. Jan 11, 2008 four months, three weeks and two days. The movie follows her and her friend otilia during the day she has made the appointment. Rent 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days 2007 starring anamaria marinca and laura vasiliu on dvd and bluray.