A drama set in Bucharest
The Golden Palm winner of 2007, the abortion narrative will strike cords but also shock and disgust.
The acting is first class, especially from Anamaria Marinca, as the friend of the girl having the termination.
Strangely the story never really vers away from the central story and the communism environment, apart from being mentioned on a few occasions it is never really addressed.
Still this is a finely made film. Nice touches include beautifully framed opening and closing shots as well as good structured use of bathrooms to create atmosphere and portray emotion.
Although a film that will not be to everybody’s taste, this is without doubt a powerful film with strong ideals and ideas, well made and well acted.
Still for a film to be truly great there needs to be that connection with performance and story, still for a film that is so strong on trueness and realism for a subject matter of this type, this can leave the viewer shocked, but not moved if the characters don't connect enough with the viewer.
