The Event is a sharp, essential film. A big screen adaptation of Annie Ernot’s novel, it engulfed audiences in France in 1963. Anna, a promising student, becomes pregnant. She decides to have an abortion, willing to do anything to gain control over her body and her future. He then sets off alone in a race against time, defying the law. Exams are approaching, the belly is round.
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“I was struck by the difference between a well-defined formula, a clandestine abortion, and the concrete reality of the process.”Director Audrey Divan explains. “First I thought of this young woman’s body. And the dilemma she faced then: risking her life to have an abortion, or give in and sacrifice her future. Body or soul. I didn’t like to do that. Choose.”
“All these questions were specifically asked in the original text”continues the filmmaker. “I was looking for a translation into an image, a fleshly definition that allows the story to become a physical experience.”
EventReleased in cinemas in 2021 and having received the Golden Lion at Venice from President Bong Joon-ho, it is a powerful, moving work that will not leave you indifferent.
In addition to describing a time when abortion was outlawed, the film aims to be an exploration of feelings. Audrey Divan wanted to “Deal with this intimate anxiety that grows throughout the story. The days that pass, the horizon that shrinks, and the body as a prison.”
Annamaria Bartholomew’s announcement
Revealed in 2011 “My Little Princess” opposite Isabelle Huppert, young Annamaria Bartholomew plays the main role. Event. And it is absolutely incredible. Audrey Divan Remember:
“From the very first try, he had the physical dimension to the role, a certain mystery and a degree of power. He has this diaphanous skin, this very interior look and at the same time very open to the world. Hard to decipher and fascinating at the same time. He conveys so much of the small, minimalist approach to the game.”
to build his character, Annamaria Bartholomew It seemed like adviceAudrey DivanRosetta of the Darden brothers, son of Saul, “In terms of hallucinatory wandering, because of the realistic and experimental dimension that the character experiences”Also black swan for mother-daughter relationship.
Try the experience EventRecognized by AlloCiné viewers, you’ll leave in awe…
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Tonight on France 2 at 21:10.
Source: Allocine
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