In 1987, Romania was under the strong influence of the Soviet Union at that time, just like other socialist countries at that time, the government was tough and the people lived by. As a college student, Otilia volunteered to assist her roommate Gabita in a very sensitive and illegal abortion at the time. Running around for Otilia's surgery doesn't count, but this loyalty is really trying to test how far Otilia can help Gabita. Of course, that price is irrational and immoral.
Darkness does not lie in the scene, even if you are shooting in broad daylight, your heart is still sad. The tension is not in the shooting and acting skills, the realism of the plot is enough to make the audience breathless. From the beginning to the end, the audience kept gasping for the same breath, almost suffocating. Depression is the atmosphere of the whole movie; there is no scene that is more positive, real and really so scary? Every character in the movie, except Otilia, makes people angry and sad. How did Otilia bite the bullet and go on, until the last scene of the movie, she was still strong and dumb, she was the only one "living" in the world.
As a set of rare Romanian films, "4 months 3 weeks and 2 days" inherits the excellent film knowledge. Director Cristian Mungiu has achieved less is more, which is rarely seen in movies, go to the background, you can't see the Romanian features; go to the actors, no one is acting, what you see is really bloody (just like a good typography, you can't see the fonts, The font and content have been blended); off-camera, there is no gimmick and no features, the long takes successfully convey that explosive realism (of course, the acting skills of the actors are also perfect enough to cope with long shots of more than ten minutes). Mungiu mentioned in the Curzon Film Magazine that the Romanian film industry is very low, the government invests very little resources, and there are only 35 theaters in a country of 20 million people, and very few Romanians know what is "Modern Cinema". But Mungiu mentioned that a group of people in the film industry can make good films, and Mungiu hopes that "4 months 3 weeks and 2 days" can improve the Romanian film system.
In Hong Kong, there is always a cinema nearby (and there are also video disc stores), and is there still a failing film industry?
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