Cristian Mungiu's bleak tale of a woman searching for an abortion in Communist Romania may not sound like the most enjoyable experience at the cinema, but storytelling as fluid, and beautiful camera-work and performances, most who see 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days will leave with nothing but total admiration for what they have seen. The story centres around a student who decides to help her friend seek and illegal abortion. They go to a hotel in an obscure part of the suburbs, where the man in question takes horrible advantage of both women's predicaments. For the most part, it is a remarkably discreet film, but the tension and atmosphere reach almost unbearable heights.
Review of 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
