Audrey Diwan's 2021 film Happening ( L'Événement ) is a visceral adaptation of Annie Ernaux's semi-autobiographical novel, following a brilliant university student in 1963 France who faces a race against time to secure an illegal abortion. The film is celebrated for its unflinching social realism and its urgent relevance to contemporary debates over reproductive rights. Director: Audrey Diwan. France, 1963—a time when abortion was strictly illegal
