DVD
4 of 4 Copies Available
- CENTRAL: Audiovisual Collection (2 copies)
- OSHTEMO: Audiovisual Collection (2 copies)
Happening = L'événement
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN, OSH)
Languages
French dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, English audio description track.
Performers
Anamaria Vartolomei, Kacey Mottet-Klein, Luàna Bajrami, Louise Orry Diquero, Louise Chevillotte, Pio Marmaï, Sandrine Bonnaire, Anna Mouglalis, Leonor Oberson, Fabrizio Rongione.
Publication Information
[Silver Spring, MD] : RLJ Entertainment, Inc.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (99 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
1960s France. Anne is a bright young student with a promising future ahead of her. But when she becomes pregnant, she sees the opportunity to finish her studies and escape the constraints of her background slipping away. 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.
Notes
Based on L'événement by Annie Ernaux.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2021.
Subjects
- Young women > France > Drama.
- Students > France > Drama.
- Unplanned pregnancy > Drama.
- Unwanted pregnancy > Drama.
- Pregnant women > Drama.
- Abortion > Drama.
- Abortion > Law and legislation > France > Drama.
- Women > France > Social conditions > 20th century > Drama.
- Nineteen sixties > Drama.
- France > History > 20th century > Drama.
- France > Social conditions > 20th century > Drama.