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Published on May 31, 2007

A movie of long, behavioral takes, 4 Months resembles Lazarescu — which was shot by the same DP — in choreographing a process. The tone, however, is more grim than grimly humorous. Brilliant as it is, 4 Months is likely to be a harder sell: It's a movie about abortion that makes Vera Drake look like Mary Poppins.

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