The Law - 2014

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.

87min
2014
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating6.5/10

Cast

Emmanuelle Devos profile pictureEmmanuelle DevosSimone Veil
Lionel Abelanski profile pictureLionel AbelanskiAntoine Veil
Lorànt Deutsch profile pictureLorànt DeutschDominique Levert
Laure Killing profile pictureLaure KillingFrançoise Giroud
Flore Bonaventura profile pictureFlore BonaventuraDiane Riestrof
Lannick Gautry profile pictureLannick GautryRémy Bourdon
Aurélia Petit profile pictureAurélia PetitMarceline Loridan-Ivens
Anne Girouard profile pictureAnne GirouardMyriam, la documentaliste
Michel Jonasz profile pictureMichel JonaszGaston Defferre
Michaël Cohen profile pictureMichaël CohenJacques Chirac
Olivier Pagès profile pictureOlivier PagèsJean Lecanuet
Alain Stern profile pictureAlain SternMichel Poniatowski
Bernard Ménez profile pictureBernard MénezEugène Claudius-Petit
Éric Naggar profile pictureÉric NaggarMichel Debré
Émilie Caen profile pictureÉmilie CaenMarie-France Garaud

About The Law

The Law Overview

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.

Runtime: 87min

Extra details

Original Title: La Loi
Original Language: French
Directed By: Christian Faure
Production Companies
Région Ile-de-FranceK'Ien ProductionsFrance Télévisions