12 & 13 Jan 2009

17.45, Filmhouse Edinburgh, 88 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH3 9BZ; Box Office: 0131 228 2688
Tickets: £6.00 / £4.50

‘4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days’

Feature film /Romania/2007/113 min/Romanian with English subtitles
Directed by Cristian Mungiu. Starring: Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov

In Communist Romania, 1987, a poor college student has become pregnant. After much hesitation (four months, three weeks and two days of hesitation, to be exact), she finally decides to seek out an illegal abortion, and with some money she and her roommate have mustered they rent a hotel room and hire a seedy doctor to perform the operation. With a stark visual style perfectly suited to the material, and superb performances from the leads, Cristian Mungiu’s Cannes Palme d’or winner is harrowing, intensely absorbing and deeply powerful, without an ounce of manipulation.

‘4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days’ was released in UK cinemas and on DVD through Artificial Eye (www.artificial-eye.co.uk)

Details on www.filmhousecinema.com .