During the German occupation, a working-class woman performs illegal abortions and achieves, for the first time, something resembling financial independence and self-determination. Isabelle Huppert is ferocious in one of her finest performances. It’s a film of controlled fury – an indictment not of its protagonist’s actions but of the state that will ultimately use them as a pretext to destroy her. Screen: NFT1. Screening details: English language subtitles.
