Happening
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...
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