# Happening (2021)

> A young French student risks her safety and future when she pursues an illegal abortion in 1963.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/564335

## Facts

- Runtime: 99 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Audrey Diwan
- Cast: Anamaria Vartolomei, Kacey Mottet Klein, Luàna Bajrami, Louise Orry-Diquéro, Pio Marmaï, Sandrine Bonnaire, Cyril Metzger, Anna Mouglalis
- TMDB rating: 7.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13880104/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Mood: austere, tense, intimate, serious film night, feminist cinema viewing

## Synopsis

A woman's fight for autonomy in a society that silences her desires.

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