Review of 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) by Siew M — 03 Jan 2010

In totalitarian Romania, 1987, a student agrees to help her roommate obtain an illegal abortion, never suspecting that it will turn into an emotional ordeal, as much for her as for friend. Told in a series of long, unbroken takes with a fly-on-the-wall camera, this forceful film illustrates a society's moral decay, as well as one woman's awakening to reality.

Its matter-of-fact tone makes it all the more devastating.