In Christian's "Three Weeks in April" film, the camera is on a Romanian college student, Otilia, who negotiates on behalf of her naive roommate Gabita, who wants an abortion but somehow Left the logistics to her friends. This isn't a film with isolated close-ups, however. Ortilia is either dwarfed in space, squeezed by space, floating, or oppressed by walls and ceilings. And those negotiations: the ruthless hotel staff, the greedy male abortion doctor, and even the wealthy boyfriend who insisted on her showing up at her mother's birthday party, were all dragged out ruthlessly and filled with humiliation! All abortions are illegal here.
Ortilia's powerlessness became more and more obvious. It was 1987, two years before the overthrow of the Stalinist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, and the days of scarcity and cynicism were over, while Ortilia's dogged composure became more and more heroic. In the happy shadow, not only hope that she can survive, but also hope that she can live intact.
In fact, as the director said, this is not an anti-abortion movie without a political statement, it's just the daily life of a few Romanians at that time, you can feel it through this movie! As a Chinese fan, this is definitely the best movie of the year.
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