4 luni, 3 saptamini si 2 zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days)
Director: Cristian Mungiu
Starring: Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov
Country: Romania
Year: 2007
Length: 1h53
Original language: Romanian
Awards: Cannes 2007 - Palme d’or, Prix FIPRESCI, Prix de
l’Education nationale
Synopsis
1987, a small town in Romania. Ceausescu is in power.
The scene is set in a girls’ dormitory, with exams in progress. Otilia, a blond, and Gabita, a brunette, are room mates. While one anxiously packs her suitcase, the other is combing the black market for soap and American cigarettes, precious commodities that will be needed to buy favours.
There is a tacit bond of complicity between the two girls. Together they prepare to face a daunting journey through a dehumanising world built on lies, denunciations and moral compromise. It is Otilia who will commit the ultimate act of selflessness, when she sacrifices herself to help her friend. This great story of friendship, told in thriller form, plunges us into the darkest years of a dying regime. The two girls’ will to survive embodies that of an entire nation.