“Harrowing” Romanian Abortion Film to be Shown in French Schools

PARIS-The film, “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,” by Romanian writer and director Cristian Mungiu, that depicted a young woman obtaining abortion under the communist regime,will be shown to French schoolchildren after initial hesitation on the part of government officials. The film, in addition to being the winner of the prestigious Palm d’Or at the Cannes film festival, received France’s National Education Prize that grants government funding to create a DVD version for upper-secondary schools.The film will be shown in schools, despite initial opposition from French Education minister Xavier Darcos who was worried about its intensity and the possible impact on vulnerable students.“The film came across to us as incredibly hard to watch,” a spokesman for the minister told the daily Le Figaro today.Christine Juppé-Leblond, the award’s creator, told Le Figaro, “It's not an easy film but it was only meant to be shown to teenagers ranging from 15 to 18 years old.”“The film is unsettling,” she said, “but it deals seriously and delicately with a subject that affects today's teenagers.The best way to tackle it is to give teachers the educational tools to talk about it, as this movie does.”The low-budget movie is set in the final years of the brutal regime of communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.It is the story of a teenage girl, Gabita, who obtains an illegal abortion. It was universally described with terms such as “grim,” “bleak” and even “brutal” in its depiction of Gabita’s encounter with the inhuman and sexually abusive abortionist and the crushing psychological price Gabita must pay to end her child’s life. "It makes a point,” the director told reporters at a press conference. “People should be aware of the consequences of their decisions.”
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