| Anamaria
Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov , Alexandru Potocean, Luminita
Gheorghiu, Adi Carauleanu.
Director Cristian Mungiu's drama 4
Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days unfolds in Romania in the late '80s,
during the last waning days of Communist rule. Anamaria Marinca
and Laura Vasiliu play, respectively, Otilia and Gabita, two female
friends and students who share a Bucharest flat. They soon find
themselves saddled with an overwhelming problem: Gabita is expecting.
With abortion illegal in Romania at that time, the women seek an
illicit termination at the hands of one Mr. Bebe (Vlad Ivanov) in
a seedy Romanian hotel - but Bebe refuses to accept money in return
for his services and demands a certain "alternate" commodity
instead. |