It tells the tragic story of two students, room mates in the university dormitory, who try to arrange an illegal abortion for one of them, during the communist regime of the late 1980s. The film follows the story of Otilia (Anamaria Marinca) and Gabita (Laura Vasiliu), two university friends in Bucharest, Romania. The film is set in 1987, one of the last years of the Ceausescu regime. When Gabita falls pregnant, the two girls arrange a meeting with Mr. Bebe (Vlad Ivanov) in a cheap hotel, where he is to perform an illegal abortion.
Production Mobra Films [ro](present); Centrul National al Cinematografiei (CNC) [ro](support); Mindshare Media [ro](co-production); Televiziunea Romana (TVR1) [ro](co-production) (as Televisziunii Romāne); Fundatiei Anonimul [ro](co-production); Saga Film (I) [be](co-production); Hubert Bals Fund of the Rotterdam Festival, The [nl](produced with the support of); McCann-Erickson (participation); Romanian National Center for Cinematography [ro](support);
Cast Names Costica Babu; Constantin Bojog; Adi Carauleanu; Cristian Ciuzan; Alexandru Conovaru; Emil Coseru; Geo Dobre; Hazim E'Layan; Robert Emmanuel; Ion Grosu; Daniel Cristian Iancu; Calin Puia; Traian Tudorica State; Monica Alexandrescu; Mihaela Alexandru; Cristina Burbuz; Georgeta Paduraru Burdujan; Adina Cristescu; Luminita Gheorghiu; Madalina Ghitescu; Catalina Harabagiu; Cristina Iosif; Liliana Mocanu; Simona Stoicescu; Sanziana Tarta; Anamaria Marinca; Laura Vasiliu; Vlad Ivanov; Alexandru Potocean; Ion Sapdaru;
Box Office USD 1,185,783
Release Date 2007-09-29 (New York Film Festival) 2007-10-01 * (Chicago International Film Festival) 2008-01-25 (limited) 2008-02-22 (Portland International Film Festival)