2007 Cannes Film Festival
The 60th Cannes Film Festival ran from 16 to 27 May 2007. The President of the Jury was British director Stephen Frears. Twenty two films from twelve countries were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or. The awards were announced on 26 May. Romanian film 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, directed by Cristian Mungiu, was awarded with the Palme.
Official poster of the 60th Cannes Film Festival.
2007 Un Certain Regard poster by Italian comics artist Enrico Marini.
Stephen Frears, Jury President
Cristian Mungiu, Palme d'Or winner
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days is a 2007 Romanian art film written and directed by Cristian Mungiu and starring Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, and Vlad Ivanov. The film is set in Communist Romania in the final years of the Nicolae Ceaușescu era. It tells the story of two students, roommates in a university dormitory, who try to procure an illegal abortion. Inspired by an anecdote from the period and the general social historic context, it depicts the loyalty of the two friends and the struggles they face.
Theatrical poster
The film is based on Nicolae Ceaușescu's Romania of the 1980s.
A red Dacia was used in production.
The dinner scene is accidentally reminiscent of the Last Supper.