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Otilia and Gabita share the same room in a student dormitory. They are colleagues at the University in this small town in Romania, during the last years of communism. Otilia rents a room in a cheap hotel. In the afternoon, they are going to meet a certain Mr. Bebe. Gabita is pregnant, abortion is illegal and neither of them has passed through something like this before. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days belongs to a larger project called "Tales from the Golden Age - a subjective history of communism in Romania", told through its urban legends. The project`s aim is to talk about that period with no direct reference to communism. Different stories focused on personal options in a time of misfortunes that people had to live like normal times.