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Happening

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Annie, a bright young student, is facing an unwanted pregnancy in 1960s France, when abortion is still illegal.
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Genres: Drama, History

Actors: Anamaria Vartolomei, Kacey Mottet Klein, Luàna Bajrami, Louise Orry-Diquéro, Pio Marmaï, Sandrine Bonnaire, Cyril Metzger, Anna Mouglalis, Fabrizio Rongione, Julien Frison, Alice de Lencquesaing, François Loriquet, Louise Chevillotte

Director: Marc Doisne, Marcia Romano

Country: France

Release: 2021

Status: Released

Runtime: 100 min

Popularity: 10.38

Budget: $0

Revenue: $0

Quality: HD

imdb rating 7

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CinemaSerf

at 17:13 pm

"Anne" (Anamaria Vartolomei) is a young student studying to be a teacher, when she starts to feel stomach cramps. A visit to the doctor reveals that she is pregnant and the remainder of this drama relates to her decision not to have the baby. That's quite a stance to take in 1960s France where, much like in most of the rest of Europe, abortion is illegal, dangerous - and costly! It was an one-night-stand with "Max" (Julien Frison) that led to her condition, so she goes to visit him to see if he can help, but that's not much use and she finds herself largely alone trying to raise the money needed whilst her natural pre-occupation causes her grades to suffer. Much of the buildup to this autobiographical story is nothing special, to be honest; but for the last twenty minutes it becomes actually quite compelling. It reminded me of Imelda Staunton's excellent "Vera Drake" (2004). Not since then have I seen a film that openly deals with the dangers of backstreet abortions, of the stigma attached to those people who this who saw this as their only practical solution - and Vartolomei delivers her part confidently in what is essentially a strong, single-handed, performance that is quite effective at drawing us into her predicament and at making us think.

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