A review of 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days:
In Romania, under the Ceausescu regime, abortion was banned, and within 20 years some half a million women had died from having botched illegal abortions. This severe thriller from writer-director Christian Mungiu focuses on Gabita (Laura Vasiliu), a pregnant college student, and her friend Otilia (Anamaria Marinca), who finds a man who’ll do the job: a quietly thuggish fellow who calls himself Mr. Bebe (Vlad Ivanov). Remorseless long takes build the suspense as the young women secure a hotel room and, when Bebe explains how they’ll have to pay, question whether it’s worth the price. Strap yourself in for this minimalist, splendidly acted horror film — and count your blessings that you live in a country where choosing an abortion doesn’t mean losing a life.
So right. We live in a country where choosing an abortion means choosing a choice. It’s way better.
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The sheer irony of that final quote knocked me off my chair.
“and count your blessings that you live in a country where choosing an abortion doesn’t mean losing a life”
Excuse me?!?!?! But doesn’t every single abortion involve losing a life?
Ah. I see the distinction now. Abortion involves “taking” a life. Not losing one.
Furthermore, the botched abortions occurring in North American hospitals and clinics designed solely for that function are NEVER reported. Nor are the mutilated, mentally-ill, emotionally-anguished, breast cancer-prone and now-sterile women accounted for in public record.