It’s France in 1963 and Anne is studying literature, hoping one day to become a writer. Her days are spent studying hard, while she has fun with her friends in the evenings, flirting and dancing with the boys from the neighbouring dorms and the fire station. That’s as far as they can go, as in this time before the birth control pill, sex before marriage is taboo. Abortion is illegal and can lead to a prison sentence. But suddenly Anne gets pregnant and she decides to have an abortion, despite all the dangers. “The Event” (the original title is “L’Evénement”) won the Golden Lion in Venice in 20…