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4月3週又2天 (克里斯汀穆基，羅馬尼亞，2007)
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, Romania, 2007)

自在坎城奪得金棕櫚大獎後便獲獎連連的本片，也是這次奧斯卡最佳外語片的大熱門，雖只是穆基的第二部影片，就已展現驚人的純熟功力，就像他在映後座談時提到的，最重要的就是保持影片的單純性，而本片就是有這種單純又有極度張力的優點。

在一個被不知不覺漸漸資本化的共產垮台前夕的社會，人民的思想也漸漸開放，性關係已不再僅是婚姻下的行為，尤其是大學生更享受著這種性開放，但當保險套還被視為違法持有物品的同時，只有女性要冒著這種嘗到禁果的風險。

面臨懷孕窘境的大學生嘉碧塔，只能求助於最要好的同學兼室友奧提莉雅，深具朋友意氣的奧提莉雅毫不遲疑地答應幫嘉碧塔接洽墮胎密醫，也一步踏進這個本該與她無關卻將影響她一生的事件。全片的時間點不過僅僅半天，也是因為如此而顯得極度緊湊，令觀眾隨著女主角的遭遇而緊跟著情節的發展，在最後更有無限的思索。

飾演奧提莉雅的安娜瑪莉亞馬林卡的演出堪稱出神入化，掌握角色心理絲絲入扣，出任密醫一角的伏拉德伊瓦諾夫雖戲份不多，但在片中佔了相當的份量，日前更被洛杉磯影評人協會選為年度最佳男配角。

本片不只是現今看來毫不過時，更可與描述現代女性意外懷孕的影片作有趣的對比，例如今年廣獲好評的佳作「茱諾」，羅馬尼亞近年來影壇堪稱的「新浪潮」，可說是以本片到達了一個巔峰。

Constantly winning after won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival this year, this movie is also the big hit for Foreign Film Award at the upcoming Oscar. Although this is only Mungiu’s second film, it has revealed his amazing filmmaking skills. Just like what he mentioned at the QA after the screening, the most important thing is to keep the simplicity of a film, and this one does have this supremacy of being both simple and massively intense.

In a diminishing communist society that was gradually being capitalized, the thoughts of people were getting more and more open, sex was not the behavior only under marriages, especially to the university students who enjoyed this liberation. But as condoms were still illegal to have, only women had to take this risk while breaking the taboo.

Gabita, a female university student who faced the difficult situation of being pregnant, could only ask her best classmate and roommate, Otilia, for help. Being deeply loyal to her friend, Otilia said yes without any doubt and promised Gabita to get in touch with the private doctor on her behalf, and she also stepped into this event which she shouldn’t have been involved and affected her entire life. The timeline is only half a day, but also because of this, the film appears much more intense. It makes the audience follow the incidents the leading role faces closely and also leaves them limitless thoughts in the end.

The performance of Anamaria Marinka, who played the role Otilia, is absolutely incredible. She dealt with the psychological states of the role exquisitely. Vlad Ivanov, who played the private doctor, is very important to the film though he didn’t show up very long in it, and he was even selected as the best supporting actor of the year by L.A. Film Critics Association.

Not only this film is not out of date totally to see nowadays, but also it can be a very interesting contrast to the films about women gets pregnant by accident in the modern society, such as the widely acclaimed film this year “Juno.” The so-called “New Wave” for Romania film industry by the film society has reached a top point with this work.