Sat 2 Dec , 2.00pm

4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, 2 DAYS

Director Cristian Mungiu

Followed by Q&A with actor Vlad Ivanov

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4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, 2 DAYS

Followed by Q&A with actor Vlad Ivanov

Director Cristian Mungiu

Romania | 2007 | 135 mins | long feature

Cast: Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov

Set in 1987, during the bleak final years of the Ceausescu regime, the film tells the story of one traumatic night in the lives of fellow students Otilia (Anamaria Marinca) and Gabita (Laura Vasiliu). Otilia has decided to help her pregnant friend have an illegal abortion which could result in jail for both of them, if discovered. They find Mr Bebe, an unscrupulous backstreet abortionist, magisterially played by Vlad Ivanov, bringing an even more heightened state of tension and danger to the situation.

“Pitch perfect and brilliantly acted, 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days is a stunning achievement” – Jay Weissberg, Variety

One of the films that launched the Romanian New Wave, bringing it to the forefront of world cinema, winner of the Palme d’Or and the FIPRESCI Award at Cannes 2007.

As a special tribute to the director and this trend-setter cinematic gem, this is a special screening from 35 mm film, followed by Q&A with actor Vlad Ivanov.

Cristian Mungiu

Cristian Mungiu is a Romanian filmmaker born in Iaşi, Romania, in
1968.
His debut film, OCCIDENT / WEST, premiered in Directors’
Fortnight in Cannes in 2002 and was an audience hit in Romania.
In 2007, his second feature, 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS,
was awarded the Palme d’Or in Cannes. The film later received
several best film of the year awards from various international
associations of film critics. It also won the European Film Academy
awards for Best Film and Best Director.
Mungiu returned to Cannes in 2009 as a writer-producer-codirector
with the collective episodic film TALES FROM THE
GOLDEN AGE, and as a writer-director in 2012 with BEYOND THE
HILLS – double awarded for Best Screenplay and Best Actresses.
BACALAUREAT / GRADUATION, his fifth film presented in Cannes,
won Best Director in 2016.