A timely film about illegal abortions in the 1960s in France won the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion on Saturday, capping a strong night for women including Penelope Cruz and Jane Campion.
The Golden Lion was selected by a jury led by Parasite director Bong Joon-Ho and awarded on Saturday to French director Audrey Diwan for her movie Happening (L’evènement). A film about abortion, adapted from the epony