apropos kaputtes leben: zur abwechslung nachrichten aus dem rumänien ceausescus. vier monate, drei tage und zwei stunden heisst der rumänische film, der nun auch in den usa furore macht und medial weitläufig rezipiert wird, wie etwa in cinematical (eng):
(...) Otilia (Anamaria Marinca) and Gabita (Laura Vasiliu) are college roommates. They may live in the wintry squalor of 1987 Romania -- in the last days of Communism -- but their lives seem familiar to us despite that gigantic difference; they have exams coming up, friends and lovers, future opportunities and current challenges. They may buy their perfume on the black market, but they still buy it -- they're kids, essentially. There's school; there's the joy and effort of friendships; there's the looming reality of future mandatory military service; most pressingly, Gabita needs to have an abortion -- in a rigidly-policed state where that's been illegal for decades. Otilia is going to help her -- How could she not? -- but neither of them are prepared for what that's ultimately going to cost.
so machten in jüngster zeit auch the nation und npr mit ausgezeichneten rezensionen auf den film aufmerksam. deshalb hier nicht nur der trailer, sondern auch ein höchst spannendes interview mit dem regississeur ... (eng) über die genese des films, seine generation und die situation des rumäniuschen filmes heute.
(...) Otilia (Anamaria Marinca) and Gabita (Laura Vasiliu) are college roommates. They may live in the wintry squalor of 1987 Romania -- in the last days of Communism -- but their lives seem familiar to us despite that gigantic difference; they have exams coming up, friends and lovers, future opportunities and current challenges. They may buy their perfume on the black market, but they still buy it -- they're kids, essentially. There's school; there's the joy and effort of friendships; there's the looming reality of future mandatory military service; most pressingly, Gabita needs to have an abortion -- in a rigidly-policed state where that's been illegal for decades. Otilia is going to help her -- How could she not? -- but neither of them are prepared for what that's ultimately going to cost.
so machten in jüngster zeit auch the nation und npr mit ausgezeichneten rezensionen auf den film aufmerksam. deshalb hier nicht nur der trailer, sondern auch ein höchst spannendes interview mit dem regississeur ... (eng) über die genese des films, seine generation und die situation des rumäniuschen filmes heute.
