4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days over the series. In 2009, he released a single film called "Tales from the Golden Age", following "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days" in depicting the Ceaușescu era and starring Vlad Ivanov. His next film, "Beyond the Hills" (2012), similarly depicted Romanian extremism, and Mungiu was inspired to make the cinematic adaptation after seeing the stage version in New York while promoting "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days". 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days () is a 2007 Romanian art film with drama and thriller elements, written and directed by
Dump months prompted studios to release films in that genre at times of the year other than Halloween and the dump months. The term "dump months" comes from the belief that studios use the time periods in question as a "dumping ground" for movies they are contractually obligated to release but believe to have limited commercial prospects at best. "The big studios would never in a million years use this phrase", Dade Hayes, coauthor of "Open Wide: How Hollywood Box Office Became A National Obsession", told "Newsday" in August 2017. "[B]ut they do view [these times of year] as a dumping ground."