Happening
2021 · 1h 39m · Drama
Watch this tonight if you want a powerful, unflinching look at reproductive autonomy in 1960s France—the near-perfect critical consensus (99% RT) backs up what's clearly an urgent, expertly crafted drama. It's heavy material that demands your attention, but it's absolutely worth giving it.
Plot
France, 1963. Anne is a bright young student with a promising future ahead of her. But when she falls pregnant, she sees the opportunity to finish her studies and escape the constraints of her social background disappearing. With her final exams fast approaching and her belly growing, Anne resolves to act, even if she has to confront shame and pain, even if she must risk prison to do so.
Director: Audrey Diwan
Cast: Anamaria Vartolomei, Kacey Mottet Klein, Luàna Bajrami, Louise Orry-Diquéro, Pio Marmaï