L'affaire Marie-Claire (2026)
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Directors
Lauriane Escaffre, Yvonnick Muller
Cast
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Cécile De France, Grégory Gadebois, Saül Benchetrit
In 1972 Bobigny, a minor and four adult women, including her mother, stand trial over an abortion.
The story
In 1972, a young woman under the age of majority who had an abortion after being raped is tried in Bobigny alongside four adult women, including her mother. They face charges of complicity in or performing an abortion, with lawyer Gisèle Halimi leading the defense.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In 1972, an underage young woman who had an abortion after being raped, along with four adult women, including her mother, are tried in Bobigny for complicity in or performing an abortion. The trial, in which lawyer Gisèle Halimi led the defense, helped bring about the decriminalization of voluntary termination of pregnancy in France, established by the Veil Law three years later, in 1975.
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