We are in 1974, a year before the Veil law which will legalize the right to abortion in France.
Annie, a working mother of two children, accidentally finds herself pregnant.
She decides to resort to a clandestine abortion via the MLAC – Movement for the Freedom of Abortion and Contraception, an organization based on helping women.
In the midst of her new "sisters", the mother of the family decides to campaign for the right to abortion and finds new meaning in her life, becoming one of the pillars of the organization.
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Saint-Omer
, the shock film by Alice Diop which probes our relationship to motherhood
After
Zouzou
in 2014 and
Aurore
in 2016, director Blandine Lenoir returns with a new feature film with a resolutely political scope.
Beyond the very topical issue of abortion, this choral film deals with feminism: the protagonist, played by Laure Calamy (
Ten percent
,
Antoinette in the Cévennes
), asserts herself through her militant commitment, viscerally wishing that women can make a decision that involves their body, and their whole life.
The cast also includes Zita Henrot (
Plan coeur
,
La vie scolaire
), India Hair (
Mandibles
,
Camille redoubles
), Rosemary Standley, Damien Chapelle and Yannick Choirat.
Released in theaters November 30.
