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80/100
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 68, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 99. Critics average 92, everyone else 76.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In 1960s France, where abortion is illegal, a bright and promising young university student finds herself pregnant. Desperate to finish her education and avoid the social ruin that an unwanted pregnancy would bring, she embarks on a solitary, traumatic, and dangerous quest to find a way to terminate it. The film is a tense and intimate account of her race against time.
Details
- Director
- Audrey Diwan
- Writers
- Audrey Diwan, Marcia Romano
- Released
- 4 November 2021
- Country
- France
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $171.8K
- Awards
- 7 wins, 12 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 19 →3 major awards won · 7 wins from 19 nominations across 11 ceremonies
| César Awards 2022 | Most Promising Actress | Anamaria Vartolomei | Winner |
| Venice Film Festival 2021 | Golden Lion | Audrey Diwan | Winner |
| Venice Film Festival 2021 | Brian Award | Happening | Winner |
| Directors Guild of America Awards 2023 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film | Audrey Diwan | Nominee |
| César Awards 2022 | Best Director | Audrey Diwan | Nominee |
| César Awards 2022 | Best Film | Happening | Nominee |
| César Awards 2022 | Best Adaptation | Audrey Diwan and Marcia Romano | Nominee |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2023 | Best Non-English Language Film | Happening | Nominee |
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×| Brian Award | Happening | Winner |
| Golden Lion | Audrey Diwan | Winner |
| Most Promising Actress | Anamaria Vartolomei | Winner |
| Best Adaptation | Audrey Diwan and Marcia Romano | Nominee |
| Best Director | Audrey Diwan | Nominee |
| Best Film | Happening | Nominee |
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film | Audrey Diwan | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Anamaria Vartolomei | Winner |
| Best Film | Happening | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Laurent Tangy | Nominee |
| Best Director | Audrey Diwan | Nominee |
| Best International Feature | Happening | Winner |
| Audience Award | Happening | Winner |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Happening | Nominee |
| Milos Stehlik Breakthrough Filmmaker Award | Audrey Diwan | Nominee |
| Best Non-English Language Film | Happening | Nominee |
| Best Director | Audrey Diwan | Nominee |
| European University Film Award | Happening | Nominee |
| Best International Film | Happening | Nominee |