Happening

Happening

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Release Date

11/4/2021

Runtime

100 mins

Genres

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

-

Revenue

$171,765

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A rigorous, unflinching portrait of a young woman's desperate determination in 1960s France, where the only path forward runs through shame, physical ordeal, and legal jeopardy. The film watches with clinical precision and emotional weight as a bright future narrows to a single, terrible choice.

Mood

TenseBleakMournful

Themes

IdentityFreedomClassSurvivalComing apart

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

NaturalisticHandheld

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Sexual content

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