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The Law

20141h 27mChristian Faure

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Directed by French Director Christian Faure and released in 2014, The Law brilliantly traces three days, in late Fall 1974, of stormy debate in the French National Assembly, around a bill which would make "voluntary termination of pregnancy" legal. Behind this bill stands a lone woman brilliantly played by a remarkable Emmanuelle Devos (also in The Other Son): Simone Veil the Minister of Health in the Jacques Chirac government during the presidency of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. During these three days of violent debate Veil, a Jew and Holocaust survivor, is spared nothing: political negotiations, solitude, sparring arguments, insults and violence to her family. In spite of all of this, Veil never wavers.

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What is The Law (2014) about?

Directed by French Director Christian Faure and released in 2014, The Law brilliantly traces three days, in late Fall 1974, of stormy debate in the French National Assembly, around a bill which would make "voluntary termination of pregnancy" legal. Behind this bill stands a lone woman brilliantly played by a remarkable Emmanuelle Devos (also in The Other Son): Simone Veil the Minister of Health…

Who stars in The Law?

The Law stars Emmanuelle Devos (Simone Veil), Lionel Abelanski (Antoine Veil), Lorànt Deutsch (Dominique Levert), Laure Killing (Françoise Giroud), Flore Bonaventura (Diane Riestrof). The film was directed by Christian Faure.

How long is The Law?

The Law has a runtime of 1 min and premiered in 2014.

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