4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days is a Romanian film, written, directed and produced by Cristian Mungiu. It was released in 2007 under the label of Mobra Films Production, the independent company created by Mungiu himself and the film's cinematographer, Oleg Mutu. The film is considered the international breakthrough of the Romanian New Wave, winning several awards including the prestigious Palme d'Or and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. (Dawson 2009) The story takes place in an unnamed provincial town in Romania, where Otilia (Anamaria Marinca) and Găbiţa (Laura Vasiliu) share the same room in a student dormitory. They are academic colleagues during the last years of communism. In 1966, a law banning abortion was imposed in Romania. 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days pregnant, Găbita finally settles for an illegal abortion. Otilia rents a room in a cheap hotel and in the afternoon they go to meet Mr. Bebe (Vlad Ivanov), a back-alley abortionist. (Porton 2009) The transnationalism of the film is represented by Cristian Mungiu's approach to the controversial issue of abortion. The film team uses various techniques and emotional angles to depict a frightening reality, as opposed to Hollywood's treatment of the same issue. Jason Reitman's Academy Award-winning film Juno (2007) revealed a more family-friendly preview. The way in which Mungiu outlined the theme of abortion is confirmed by the historical context of communism, or by the way in which the totalitarian dictatorship of Nicolae Ceauşescu had reached a level of salience so deep that it also affects intimate life. This creates a daily scale of historical opposition to totalitarianism imposed by the relationship b...... middle of article ......n, M. (2009). "Analysis: the Romanian new wave". Left Field Cinema [online]. Available: http://www.leftfieldcinema.com/analysis-the-romanian-new-wave [9/3/2014].2. Higson, Andrew (2002). "The concept of national cinema". In Williams, Alan (ed.), Film and Nationalism, pp. 52-67. New Jersey: Rutgers University Press.3. Pop, Doru (2010). "The grammar of the new Romanian cinema". Film and media studies. Flight. 3 (2010): p. 19-40.4. Uricaru, Ioana (2008). “4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days: the corruption of intimacy”. Quarterly film. Flight. 61 (No. 4): pp. 12-17.5. Wilson, Emma (2008). “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days: a “film about abortion”? Quarterly film. Flight. 61 (No. 4): pages 18-23.6. Porton, Richard. (2009). "Not just a film about abortion: an interview with Cristian Mungiu". Filmmaker [online]. Available: http://www.cineaste.com/articles/not-just-an-abortion-film.htm [9/3/2014].