Three overlapping stories take place over the course of a week in Bucharest, with characters whose life paths intersect and overlap; often independently of their intentions to emmigrate from Romania, or to stay behind.
Direction
Mungiu's structural gamesmanship before 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days.
Writing
Three endings for one story — choose your own heartbreak.
Acting
Alexandru Papadopol's desperate everyman energy.
Director
Cristian Mungiu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Romania's pre-EU accession frenzy, the film captures a nation collectively fantasizing about Western salvation while suspecting it might be a trap.
Mungiu shot the three story threads in chronological chunks, then shattered them in editing — actors often didn't know which version of their scene would end the film.
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