4 Months 3 weeks and 2 days.

Some of the best films I have seen have the ability to communicate multiple ideas and narratives within the telling of one tale or story. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days is a case in point. Set in 1987 Romania the film follows the bleak experiences of student Otilia (Anamaria Marinca) as she helps her best friend Găbiţa (Laura Vasiliu) procure and suffer an illegal abortion,but the strength of this film lies not in the termination itself (though this is a terribily cold and effective sequence), but in how it captures the decay and oppression in President Ceauşescu's dying regime.
I loved the way that this film had incredibly long takes in pivotal scenes throughout the story. Subsequently the tension wrought by these made the whole thing very difficult but incredibly riveting to watch.
The best thing I have seen at Theatre Clwyd for quite some time.
(The title refers to the length of Gabita's pregnancy)