directed by: Audrey Diwan, year: 2021
actors: Anamaria Vartolomei, Kacey Mottet Klein, Luàna Bajrami, Louise Chevillotte

Based on Annie Ernaux's memoir L'Événement, Happening follows a young student in 1960s France who discovers she is pregnant and fights for access to a forbidden abortion when it is illegal. The film records her growing fear, isolation, and resolve as she negotiates secrecy, judgment, and the risks of seeking autonomy within a conservative society. Audrey Diwan's restrained, intimate direction foregrounds bodily experience, memory, and moral complexity with stark realism.

Gender Commentary, Drama, Historical Drama, Biographical Drama, Feminist Drama