Violette Nozière

The Cider House Rules

December 1999 •English

Homer is an orphan who was never adopted, becoming the favorite of orphanage director Dr. Larch. Dr. Larch imparts his full medical knowledge on Homer, who becomes a skilled, albeit unlicensed, physician. But Homer yearns for a self-chosen life outside the orphanage. What will Homer learn about life and love in the cider house? What of the destiny that Dr. Larch has planned for him?

Anak ni Baby Ama

January 1991 •Tagalog

A boy grows up not knowing his real identity. One day a mysterious lady, claiming to be his real mother, divulges the truth about his roots. He is caught between leaving his past and living his new life.

Blessed Are the Children

November 2016 •English

After getting an abortion, Traci Patterson begins to suspect that something sinister is following her and her friends.

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

August 2007 •Romanian

Two college roommates have 24 hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements for a black market abortion.

Yana-Wara

April 2024 •Aymara

The communal justice system accuses Don Evaristo, 80 years old, of the murder of his granddaughter Yana-Wara, 13 years old. During the hearing, everyone learns the tragic story of this young girl.

Mother, I Need You

September 1918 •English

A young woman who became pregnant from an assault faces legal trouble and scandal after having an abortion.

The Cardinal

December 1963 •English

A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.

On Board

August 2015 •Portuguese

Lucia, pregnant with her first child, prepares herself to be a single mother

Lifemark

September 2022 •English

David's comfortable world is turned upside down when his birth mother Melissa unexpectedly reaches out, longing to meet the eighteen year old son she's only held once.

Intimates

October 1997 •

Foon escapes an arranged marriage by walking the road of a Ji Sor. After an affair with Shing, she becomes pregnant. An attempted abortion nearly costs Foon her life. Wan, the young owner of a silk factory, rescues her. Wan and Foon share their romances, reflecting the experience of women during the 40's.

Choices

January 1988 •English

Teenage brother and sister Jim and Sonia Peterson navigate tough times in high school when Jim befriends a young man who turns out to be a bad influence.

Criminal Abortion

December 1973 •Spanish

Barcelona police is following the actions of a pimp. A web of forced illegal abortions on prostitutes is discovered.

Infantry

June 2022 •Portuguese

In a conservative and swampy Brazil, a birthday party is held at a fatherless home. Joana, the birthday girl, wants to get her period soon. Her brother, Dudu, wants his father home. When teenager Verbena arrives unannounced, all the wishes can come true. But not without some pain.

Conflit

December 1938 •French

Claire Buisson becomes enamored with Gerard and soon afterwords she becomes pregnant. Gerard advises her to abort the child but, at the last moment, Claire decides to keep her child and leaves for her sister's place in the province.

Kampf um ein Kind

March 1975 •German

A West Berlin doctor, married with a two-year-old child, leaves her husband to go to Munich to work in the birth clinic of a hospital. Her husband doesn’t know that she’s pregnant with their second child. Will she have to choose between motherhood and her career?

La decisión

October 2024 •Spanish

Children's Souls Accuse You

March 1927 •

Children's Souls Accuse You is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Albert Steinrück, Nathalie Lissenko and Walter Rilla. It was made with an anti-abortion theme.

Happening

November 2021 •French

France, 1963. Anne is a bright young student with a promising future ahead of her. But when she falls pregnant, she sees the opportunity to finish her studies and escape the constraints of her social background disappearing. With her final exams fast approaching and her belly growing, Anne resolves to act, even if she has to confront shame and pain, even if she must risk prison to do so.

Cyanide

May 1930 •German

Drama based on a play by Friedrich Wolf. Hete is pregnant, hoping to have a family with her fiancé Paul. When the factory where she and Paul work sacks all striking workers, she tries to find a legal abortion. But there is only the illegal option - the eponymous cyanide.

Roe vs. Wade

May 1989 •English

Holly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child, she seeks an abortion. Denied an abortion in Texas the young woman hires a novice lawyer to plead her case in the US supreme court. Eventually the law is changed, but for the character it takes longer than nine months.