Andrew Lloyd Webber has written a multitude of musicals during his more-than-30-year career, including The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Evita, and Sunset Boulevard. Now, you can join PBS Home Video for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 50th birthday celebration. Share in the enjoyment and hear Webber’s compositions sung by stars including Sarah Brightman, Glenn Close, Michael Ball, and Kiri Te Kanawa.
Director Cristian Mungiu’s drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days unfolds in Romania in the late ’80s, during the last waning days of Communist rule. Anamaria Marinca and Laura Vasiliu play, respectively, Otilia and Gabita, two female friends and students who share a Bucharest flat. They soon find themselves saddled with an overwhelming problem: Gabita is expecting. With abortion illegal in Romania at that time, the women seek an illicit termination at the hands of one Mr. Bebe (Vlad Ivanov) in a seedy Romanian hotel — but Bebe refuses to accept money in return for his services and demands a certain "alternate" commodity instead.