Happening

3 1/2 Stars (out of 4)

Arriving just over a week since the Supreme Court leaked that they were likely to overturn Roe v. Wade, the French film Happening is alarmingly timely. Based on a 2000 autobiographical novel by Annie Ernaux and directed by Audrey Diwan, the film tells the story of a promising student, Anne (Anamaria Vartolomei), who finds herself pregnant after a casual dalliance. Unfortunately it's France in 1963, and abortions are illegal. Even mentioning the word out loud causes people to panic, as if Big Brother were listening. Anne struggles through her first 12 weeks, unable to speak to loved ones or friends and unable to find help... More...

Top 10 Christina Ricci Movies

1. Sleepy Hollow
2. Pecker
3. The Ice Storm
4. Addams Family Values
5. Monster
6. Speed Racer
7. Prozac Nation
8. Cursed
9. The Man Who Cried
10. Buffalo '66

1. Everything Everywhere All at Once
2. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
3. Both Sides of the Blade
4. Foolish Wives
5. Hatching
6. Hit the Road
7. Monstrous
8. Firestarter
9. Happening
10. The Northman

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