4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Two roommates confront the mortal risks of an illegal abortion inside late-communist Romania, where friendship becomes a fragile form of survival.
Overview
In a world where choice is a crime, desperation drives two friends to the brink.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- bleak
- harrowing
- intimate
- serious film night
- historical drama viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly acclaimed the film as a gripping, formally rigorous portrait of life under Communist Romania, driven by gut-wrenching performances and stark visual control.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Long, rigorously composed takes place the viewer inside Otilia's prolonged negotiations and escalating anxiety.
Illegal contraception and abortion force Gabita and Otilia to navigate a dictatorship where medical autonomy is criminalized.
Otilia repeatedly assumes practical and personal risks to help her roommate Gabita obtain an illegal abortion.
The film's austere naturalism and bureaucratic social critique are defining features of its late-communist Romanian setting and Romanian New Wave context.
Films like 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, and why
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
shares austere realism, institutional oppression, and morally harrowing female-centered drama
Police, Adjective
shares Romanian New Wave naturalism, bureaucratic cruelty, and an unvarnished contemporary social critique
Vera Drake
shares intimate, politically charged drama about reproductive rights and constrained female agency
The White Ribbon
shares minimalist formal rigor, oppressive social systems, and emotionally devastating realism
Movie Details
- Director
- Cristian Mungiu
- Release Date
- 2007-08-24
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 (855)
Cast
- Anamaria Marinca
- Laura Vasiliu
- Vlad Ivanov
- Alexandru Potocean
- Luminița Gheorghiu
- Adi Cărăuleanu
- Liliana Mocanu
- Doru Ana
- Ion Sapdaru
- Cerasela Iosifescu
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC+ Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days about?
- Two roommates confront the mortal risks of an illegal abortion inside late-communist Romania, where friendship becomes a fragile form of survival.
- What is 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days as measured, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as layered.
- Is 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days as mild.
- What did critics think of 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days?
- Critics broadly acclaimed the film as a gripping, formally rigorous portrait of life under Communist Romania, driven by gut-wrenching performances and stark visual control.
- Which films are like 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days?
- Films with a similar feel include The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, Police, Adjective, Vera Drake, and The White Ribbon.
- How long is 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days?
- 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days runs 114 minutes.
- Where can I watch 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days?
- In United States, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days streams on Philo, AMC+ Amazon Channel.
