PREVIEW: Happening (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Anamaria Vartolomei (The Royal Exchange), Kacey Mottet Klein (Sister), Sandrine Bonnaire (Vagabond), Louise Orry-Diquero (Occidental), Louise Chevillotte (Benedetta), Pio Marmaï (The First Day of the Rest of Your Life), Anna Mouglalis (The Most Assassinated Woman in the World), Fabrizio Rongione (Two Days, One Night), Luàna Bajrami (Portrait of a Lady on Fire), Leonor Oberson (Leatherdaddy), Julien Frison (Rondo), Alice de Lencquesaing (Headfirst)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Audrey Diwan (Losing It), director, writer; Marcia Romano (Standing Tall), writer; Alice Girard (Nocturama) and Edouard Weil (Climax), producers; Evgueni Galperine (Gagarine) and Sacha Galperine (Murina), composers; Laurent Tangy (The Man with the Iron Heart), cinematographer; Géraldine Mangenot (The Trouble with You), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In 1963 France, bright young student Anna (Vartolomei) finds her studies and future in jeopardy when she unexpectedly falls pregnant. As her final exams approach and her pregnancy progressing, Anna is forced to undergo a then-illegal abortion…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The second feature from director Audrey Diwan, who was BAFTA-nominated for Best Director with this film, is a hard-hitting social drama that tackles a very difficult subject in a judgemental historic society.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 22ND APRIL 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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