We take a look at movies hitting our screens in this month’s box office.
Happening
14 April
An adaptation of Annie Ernaux’s eponymous novel, looking back on her experience with abortion when it was still illegal in France in the 1960s.
In 1963 France, Anne, a bright young student, gets pregnant, and sees her chance to finish her studies and excel slipping away. As her final exams approach, and her social life begins to fade, Anne’s pregnancy progresses, forcing her to confront the shame and pain of an abortion, even if she must risk prison to do so.
Directed by Audrey Diwan and starring Anamaria Vartolomei, Kacey Klein, and Sandrine Bonnaire.
Elizabeth
21 April
From the famed director of Notting Hill and Tea with the Dames comes Elizabeth. A nostalgic, uplifting, and modern documentary about Queen Elizabeth II, the longest serving female head of state in history. Entrenched in our collective consciousness for the past nine decades, Queen Elizabeth II is instantly recognisable, yet elusively and perpetually unknowable. Until now. With extraordinary access to rare footage from the Royal Archives, Elizabeth is a truly cinematic celebration of an icon that reveals a unique glimpse of the woman behind the legend.
Directed by Roger Michell.
After Yang
28 April
When his young daughter’s beloved companion, an android named Yang, malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers that life that has been passing by in front of him and reconnects with his wife and daughter across a distance he didn’t know was there.
Directed by Kogonada and starring Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Justin H Min.
