Film - The Marie-Claire Case

Cinéma La Rotonde, 1 Rue Winston Churchill

Historical, Judicial, Thriller. November 1972. At the Bobigny tribunal, an extraordinary trial shakes France. Marie-Claire Chevalier, 16, is accused of having illegally aborted. On the stand, her mother and all the women who helped her. Their lawyer, Gisèle Halimi, makes a crazy, reckless bet: she asks them not to plead guilty. Gisèle will do what has never been done before: she will accuse and challenge the law, at the risk of losing everything. Duration: 1h42.