
Happening
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11/4/2021Runtime
100 minsGenres
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.

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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.
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Anamaria Vartolomei
Anne Duchesne

Kacey Mottet Klein
Jean

Luàna Bajrami
Hélène

Louise Orry-Diquéro
Brigitte

Pio Marmaï
Pr. Bornec

Sandrine Bonnaire
Gabrielle Duchesne

Cyril Metzger
Gaspard

Anna Mouglalis
Madame Rivière

Fabrizio Rongione
Dr. Ravinsky

Julien Frison
Maxime

Alice de Lencquesaing
Laëtitia

François Loriquet
Dr. Guimet
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