Audrey Diwan
Anamaria Vartolomei, Anna Mouglalis, Pio Marmaï, Sandrine Bonnaire, Louise Orry-Diquéro, Kacey Mottet Klein
99 mins
2021
France
15 - Contains abortion scenes, strong sex, nudity.
French
Yes
Digital
Audrey Diwan’s outstanding Venice Golden Lion winner could not be more timely or urgent. Based on Annie Ernaux’s memoir, it stars Anamaria Vartolomei as Anne, a French literature student at Angouleme University in the early 1960s. When Anne falls pregnant, her plans and hopes for the future are thrown into disarray. Abortion is illegal in France, and Anne considers pregnancy “that illness that turns French women into housewives”. Family and close friends are of little help and as the weeks pass Anne is faced with the awful prospect of having to take drastic action of her own.
Please note: this film contains graphic scenes of illegal abortion methods.
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