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PREMIERE - THE MARIE CLAIRE CASE
Culture · Thursday, October 29 · 20:45 · Beaupréau-en-Mauges
Beaupréau, Cinéville, 3 Rue Robert Schuman
Synopsis: November 1972. At the Bobigny courthouse, an extraordinary trial shakes the entire country. Marie-Claire Chevalier, 16, is charged with illegal abortion. At the stand, her mother and all the women who helped her. Their lawyer, Gisèle Halimi, makes a bold, reckless gamble: she asks them not to plead guilty. Gisèle will do what has never been done before, she will accuse and challenge the law, risking everything.
