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.
