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The Law

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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.

Release Date : 2014-11-26

Language :French

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : La Région Île-de-FranceK'Ien ProductionsFrance Télévisions

Production Country : France

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Cast

Emmanuelle Devos

Character Name : Simone Veil

Original Name : Emmanuelle Devos

Gender : Female

Lionel Abelanski

Character Name : Antoine Veil

Original Name : Lionel Abelanski

Gender : Male

Lorànt Deutsch

Character Name : Dominique Levert

Original Name : Lorànt Deutsch

Gender : Male

Laure Killing

Character Name : Françoise Giroud

Original Name : Laure Killing

Gender : Female

Flore Bonaventura

Character Name : Diane Riestrof

Original Name : Flore Bonaventura

Gender : Female

Lannick Gautry

Character Name : Rémy Bourdon

Original Name : Lannick Gautry

Gender : Male

Aurélia Petit

Character Name : Marceline Loridan-Ivens

Original Name : Aurélia Petit

Gender : Female

Anne Girouard

Character Name : Myriam, la documentaliste

Original Name : Anne Girouard

Gender : Female

Michel Jonasz

Character Name : Gaston Defferre

Original Name : Michel Jonasz

Gender : Male

Michaël Cohen

Character Name : Jacques Chirac

Original Name : Michaël Cohen

Gender : Male

Olivier Pagès

Character Name : Jean Lecanuet

Original Name : Olivier Pagès

Gender : Male

Alain Stern

Character Name : Michel Poniatowski

Original Name : Alain Stern

Gender : Male

Bernard Ménez

Character Name : Eugène Claudius-Petit

Original Name : Bernard Ménez

Gender : Male

Éric Naggar

Character Name : Michel Debré

Original Name : Éric Naggar

Gender : Male

Émilie Caen

Character Name : Marie-France Garaud

Original Name : Émilie Caen

Gender : Female

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