4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days should have been nominated for an Academy Award, at least for foreign film, though it might also be the best 2007 movie I saw. It is a raw, almost documentary portrayal of a day during which a college age woman in communist Romania will help her friend obtain a fairly late (reflected by the title; even here my complaint about lack of portrayal of "run of the mill" abortions kind of holds) illegal abortion. It works on
many levels, most not about abortion. The lead is fantastic and the tension in some scenes is almost excruciating. I guess 2007 is not quite over for me after all.
