April 4.Even when no one is speaking "4 Luni, 3 Saptamâni si 2 Zile" is intense. The story, set in communist Romania in the 80s, focuses on college students Otilia and Gabita. With Otilia's help, Gabita gets an illegal abortion in a hotel room.
The story takes a real look at what you do when you're desperate and how far you'd go for a friend. Laura Vasiliu, who plays Gabita, is great but Anamaria Marinca (Otilia) steals the movie with her gut-wrenching performance. Even as Otilia learns about each lie Gabita has told, mostly our of fear, she doesn't give up on her. She's goes to places most friends would never go and without judgment.
The camera work during 4, 3, 2 is strange. It doesn't always focus on what is going on, which sometimes makes it even harder to watch. Everything about this movie is gritty and it is hard to let it go after it's over.
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