DVD
4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Languages
In Romanian, with English subtitles.
Performers
Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2019]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (113 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
In 1987, during the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu, college roommates Otilia and Gabita seek an illegal abortion for Gabita. In unflinching but emapthetic detail, the film recounts the events of twenty-four perilous hours in their lives, culminating in their encounter with a manipulative and menacing abortionist. The film is a gutting account of the impossible choices women face when taking control of their bodies means breaking the law.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2007.
Special features: New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Cristian Mungiu ; new interview with Mungiu ; new interview with film critic Jay Weissberg on the New Romanian Cinema ; The Romanian tour, a short documentary from 2007 on the film's reception in Romania ; press conference from the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, featuring Mungiu; director of photography Oleg Mutu; and actors Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov, and Alexandru Potocean ; alternate and deleted scenes ; trailer.