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4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (?)

Film
DirectorCristian Mungiu
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Figures

Form & technique
  • The scene showing the aborted fetus on the bathroom floor.
  • Otilia's subjective experience during the dinner party scene.
  • The camera's sustained, real-time observation of Otilia's procedural tasks (waiting, negotiating, traveling).
  • The entire narrative of securing and undergoing an illegal abortion as a response to state policy. → The Managed Body
Tropes
  • The texture and materiality of objects from the Ceaușescu era (e.g., plastic soap dish, cracked walls, worn-out suitcase). → Haptic Visuality
  • The complex and strained relationship between Otilia and Găbița.

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