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Happening
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MFF Benátky
Golden Lion | FIPRESCI Award
2021
Ceny Lumiere
Best Film | Best Actress
2022
Ceny César
Most promising actress
2022
Adapted from Annie Ernaux’s autobiographical novel, HAPPENING recounts the journey of a young woman’s physical and emotional battle to access illegal abortion in a desperate race against the clock. A powerful and gripping drama set in a society that condemned female desire and sexual liberty.
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…

Audrey Diwan


Audrey Diwan was born in Paris in 1980. Filmmaker and author, she Is also a screenwriter and has collaborated with Cédric Jimenez, Gilles Lellouche and Valérie Donzelli, among others. Diwan made her feature film directing debut with Losing It, starring Céline Sallette and Pio Marmaï. In 2021 her second feature Happening won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

Directed by
Audrey Diwan
Written by
Marcia Romano, Audrey Diwan, Annie Ernaux
Edited by
Géraldine Mangenot
Cinematography
Laurent Tangy
Sound by
Evgueni Galperine, Sacha Galperine
Starring
Anamaria Vartolomei, Kacey Mottet Klein, Luàna Bajrami, Louise Orry-Diquéro, Louise Chevillotte, Pio Marmaï, Sandrine Bonnaire
Original title
L'événement
English title
Happening
Year
2021
Country
France
Language
FR
Subtitles
CZ
Running time
100 min
Genre
Drama
Age rating
15+
Release date
27. 10. 2022
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Media reception

Entertainment Weekly
"If Happening often feels like a punch to the solar plexus, that's exactly what it should be."
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Washington Post
"A sobering reminder that the consequences of limiting access to safe medical care aren’t just theoretical but existential."
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