A great movie.The direction depicts the difficulties and the horror of living under a Communit Regime,the fear and the agony that rules the lives of all the protagonists,that affects all of their choices and behaviors.On the other side,I must admit that the realistic view of the movie makes it disturbing and very difficult to go through(I don’t think that this is the kind of movie that one would want to see multiple times).
One thing that I love,is how the director moves away from the abortion,which seems to be the main theme of the movie,and concentrates more on the character of Otilia and her complicated emotional situation.It is amazing how at last Otilia carried all the weight,instead of her selfish(?) and irresponsible friend.Moreover,Anamaria Marinca gave a magnificent performance and managed to bring on the screen all the various emotions of Otilia.
To sum up,4 months,3 weeks and 2 days is a quite shocking and intense movie,that it is surely not appropriate for those who see cinema as entertaiment.But those who see movies as an art,and know that can be very disturbing in order to achieve its goals,this is a movie that,if they wouldn’t love,they will definetely admit as a great piece of real cinema.