IFC Films released the official trailer for Happening (L’événement), the BAFTA-nominated French drama film directed by Audrey Diwan that world premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival where the film won the Golden Lion top prize. Happening also screened in the Spotlight section of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.
The film stars Anamaria Vartolomei, Kacey Mottet Klein, Sandrine Bonnaire, Louise Orry-Diquero, Louise Chevillotte, Pio Marmaï, Anna Mouglalis, Fabrizio Rongione, Luàna Bajrami, and Leonor Oberson.
Based on Annie Ernaux’s semi-autobiographical novel, Happening follows Annie, a bright young student who faces an unwanted pregnancy while abortion was still illegal in 1960s France.
The film opens in theaters on May 6, 2022.
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…
Watch the official trailer for Happening.