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JIFF: Women on Trial

2026 · Lauriane Escaffre

Showing at Classic Cinemas until 22 Nov

Women on Trial is a 2026 French drama film written and directed by Lauriane Escaffre and Yvo Muller. It follows the Bobigny trial of 1972, in which teenager Marie-Claire Chevalier was placed on trial for having an abortion after being raped by a classmate, with her successful defense by Gisèle Halimi having been one of the key precedents for the passage of the Veil Act, which decriminalized abortion in France.

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Wed, 21 Oct

  • 8:30 pmClassic Cinemas, ElsternwickJIFF

Sun, 25 Oct

  • 5:45 pmClassic Cinemas, ElsternwickJIFF

Thu, 29 Oct

  • 6:15 pmClassic Cinemas, ElsternwickJIFF

Sat, 31 Oct

  • 8:30 pmClassic Cinemas, ElsternwickJIFF

Sat, 7 Nov

  • 6:40 pmClassic Cinemas, ElsternwickJIFF

Sat, 14 Nov

  • 1:45 pmClassic Cinemas, ElsternwickJIFF

Wed, 18 Nov

  • 4:15 pmClassic Cinemas, ElsternwickJIFF

Sun, 22 Nov

  • 1:30 pmClassic Cinemas, ElsternwickJIFF