Monquie Actor: Anna Maria Malinka
In the past two years, the annual output of Romanian movies has been around ten, but this does not affect Cristian Mungiu's "April 3 "Two days a week" (4 Months, 3Weeks And 2 Days) took to the highest podium in Cannes last year. The aura of Palme d'Or and the cheers of the whole country made the film cast a veil of mystery. Last year, "Romanian New Wave Movies" (such as "California Dream", etc.) of large origins appeared one after another, and the arrival of "April Three Weeks and Two Days" on the mainland disc market put a perfect end to it.
"April, Three Weeks and Two Days" is a movie that requires a lot of homework, and it is also a work that should not be over-interpreted (obviously it is easy to be burdened by the information of the times and ideology). The reason is that although the story took place in Romania in 1987, the content has nothing to do with the revolution in that country two years later (see "No Owner Alone" introduced by the Japanese column on October 13, 2007). The protagonist is two female college students living in the same dormitory. The pregnant Gabita needs an abortion. As a roommate, Otilia takes over the responsibility of taking care of her out of friendship. The ignorant Gabita made mistakes again and again, as if it was not herself who was pregnant, but Odilia who was running for her. The development of things is not as smooth as they imagined, Otilia has taken on terrible losses, thrills and fears...
As a low-cost movie, some people say that "April, Three Weeks and Two Days" is similar to the Dardenne Brothers in Belgium. Technical proficiency, a pair of old hands. According to Monsieur, "April, Three Weeks and Two Days" only tells a well-deserved story. The 2.35:1 wide screen records the events of the day. He emphasized the "identity" of the camera and Otilia, that is, when Otilia is moving indoors, the camera will be placed in a favorable middle position or behind the actor's side in order to observe closely. When she started walking and even running, the camera began to chase and even shake violently. This kind of photography makes the audience react to what Otilia sees and hears. When she is sitting on pins and needles at her boyfriend’s house, the picture will not cut to the hotel room to eliminate the audience’s anxiety-it is said that in that era In Romania, half a million women died of illegal abortions. Did something happen to Gabita? Can Otilia get out? Believe that this kind of tension will accompany your watching, until the end of the film.
"April, three weeks and two days" is regarded by many as the number of days Gabita was pregnant in the film, but Monquiet said the title is just a symbol. The source of all this should be attributed to the Romanian government’s ban on contraception and abortion. In the 1960s, socialist countries were influenced by the idea of “many and powerful”, encouraging childbirth and cracking down on abortion. This situation continued until the Romanian authorities fell. It was able to reverse. However, it is an exaggeration to regard the film as a dark revelation of the system-because the prohibition of abortion is not equated with the social system. For example, today's Irish constitution also stipulates that women prohibit abortion.
In recent years, the famous abortion-themed works include "Vera Drake" (Vera Drake), which won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival in 2003. It is about an abortion in London in the 1950s. Women's stories. How could "April Three Weeks and Two Days" of "Car Crash" win the judges' favor again in a short period of time? The entries for the 60th Cannes Film Festival are the highest overall level in the past decade. Topicality? Breakthrough? Or encourage the creation of new forces? Politics, feminism, religion, and even human nature, the film has a lot of room for interpretation. In my opinion, "April, Three Weeks and Two Days" is just a story of a disadvantaged Romanian woman. It can deter the audience with a four-month-old dead baby and raise such questions when Otilia is crying alone. : Why is it so bad?
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