{"id":401798,"date":"2022-01-31T21:00:33","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T18:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/audrey-diwans-second-feature-stands-out\/"},"modified":"2022-01-31T21:00:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T18:00:33","slug":"audrey-diwans-second-feature-stands-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/audrey-diwans-second-feature-stands-out\/","title":{"rendered":"#Audrey Diwan&#8217;s Second Feature Stands Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a30401fd7317\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a30401fd7317\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/audrey-diwans-second-feature-stands-out\/#Recommended_Reading\" >Recommended Reading<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Audrey Diwan&#8217;s Second Feature Stands Out<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-media \">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/happening-2022.jpg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"Happening\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/happening-2022.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/happening-2022-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><br \/>\n                        <span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\">IFC Films<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>        <!-- START BYLINE --><\/p>\n<div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\">\n            By\u00a0Luke Hicks\u00a0\u00b7 Published on January 31st, 2022\n            <\/div>\n<p>        <!-- END BYLINE --><\/p>\n<p>        <em>This review of Audrey Diwan\u2019s film H<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ening is part of our 2022 Sundance Film Festival coverage. For more reviews and essays, visit our Sundance archive.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since debuting at Venice last fall, where it <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.screendaily.com\/news\/audrey-diwans-happening-wins-2021-venice-golden-lion-on-historic-night\/5163219.article\">won the coveted Golden Lion<\/a>, <\/span><b><i>Happening<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has tirelessly toured the global festival circuit. It\u2019s already played several cities stateside (e.g., Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia), but it\u2019s finally made it to its biggest US fest: Sundance. The abortion drama, set for a limited US release in May, marks the sophomore feature from French writer-director <\/span><b>Audrey Diwan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I call it an abortion drama, but it\u2019s more like a thriller. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Never Rarely Sometimes Always<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Eliza Hittman\u2019s Sundance-winning abortion film from 2020, would be more accurately described as a drama \u2014 shy, dark, creeping neorealism. But Diwan\u2019s film plays at a surprisingly quick pace, wrapping us up in the suffocating, terrifying totality of the situation as immersively as possible and not without Diwan\u2019s stylistic flare.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meet Anne Duchesne (<\/span><b>Anamaria Vartolomei<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), a teenage girl in Angoul\u00eame, France, in 1963, which is rural enough to look more like 1953. Anne is also a semi-autobiographical version of <\/span><b>Annie Ernaux<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the author behind the book the film was adapted from. The story\u2019s setup is relatively routine: a nonchalant hookup at a party; a pregnancy ensues. The aftermath is anything but: a brutal several-month journey to get an illegal abortion to pursue a life of research and education; something single motherhood would likely thwart (\u201cI want a child, but not instead of a life.\u201d).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anne and her friends are thinkers \u2013 they casually talk Camus and Sartre, justice and humanity and politics \u2013 so it makes sense that she\u2019s measured in her actions. Sparing in who she tells but confident and plainly spoken in her decision, Anne visits doctors and specialists in hopes of discovering an alternative option or underground outlet. But even that is a minefield. For one, it\u2019s illegal for any doctor to help her, and one who is caught doing so can go to prison. Secondly, the pro-life sentiment is so strong among her staunch Catholic community that people are willing to trick her into seeing the baby come to term. Friends, family, everyone is against her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One doctor prescribes her a pill that should help get rid of the baby, but upon telling another doctor that her hope is now in the pill, the second doctor hangs his head. As it turns out, the doctor that prescribed the pill was lying. The second doctor tells her it\u2019s something doctors against abortion prescribe to strengthen the womb of those who want an abortion, and it will contribute to future failed attempts for Anne.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The failed attempts are some of the most difficult to watch. But the difficulty in watching them is born from Diwan\u2019s direction, which is so engrossing, so carnal, so empathetic that it hurts to look at. I will let you discover them on your own because they are feats of cinematic excellence but know that they\u2019re coming, and moreover, know that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Happening <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is not for the faint of heart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among everything else mentioned, the tighter aspect ratio provides a more pressed mood throughout. <\/span><b>Evgueni and Sacha Galperine\u2019s<\/b>\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">minimalist score creates a palpable, ever-growing tension. It mixes wonderfully with the sound design, whose body noises are bound to get a reaction out of you whether you want it or not. Not to mention the tact and subtlety with which the story is written (Diwan co-wrote it with <\/span><b>Marcia Romano<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) and how that grabs an audience in a much more significant way than on-the-nose filmmaking. There seems to be a major divide in tasteful filmmaking between the US sections and the World sections.\u00a0<em>Happening\u00a0<\/em>is a great example. Compare it to the American indie <em>Dual<\/em>, a third film that feels like a first. This might only be Diwan\u2019s second, but it feels like veteran work. No doubt we will be anxiously awaiting her next.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>        Related Topics: Sundance<br \/>\n        <!-- AUTHOR BOX --><\/p>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/luke-hicks.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Luke Hicks is a New York City film journalist by way of Austin, TX, and an arts enthusiast who earned his master&#8217;s studying film philosophy and ethics at Duke. 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