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Happening

2021 · 99 min

A claustrophobic, quietly relentless plunge into one young woman's desperation, told with unflinching intimacy and almost no relief.

Directed by
Audrey Diwan
Genres
Drama
Starring
Anamaria Vartolomei, Kacey Mottet Klein, Luàna Bajrami
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Audrey Diwan
Genres
Drama
Starring
Anamaria Vartolomei, Kacey Mottet Klein, Luàna Bajrami
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • survival
  • identity
  • class
  • trauma
Places
  • small town
  • school
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour1
Realism9
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight9

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Audrey Diwan
Written by
Audrey Diwan, Marcia Romano
Starring
Anamaria Vartolomei, Kacey Mottet Klein, Luàna Bajrami, Louise Orry-Diquéro, Pio Marmaï, Sandrine Bonnaire, Cyril Metzger, Anna Mouglalis
Music
Evgueni Galperine, Sacha Galperine
Cinematography
Laurent Tangy
Runtime
99 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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