Forgiveness Girl vs Happening

Forgiveness Girl has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.2/10 for Happening). Happening is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 51m. Happening is the older of the two (2021 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Forgiveness Girl posterForgiveness Girl2025 VS Happening posterHappening2021
Forgiveness GirlHappening
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 7.2/10
Year20252021
Length1h 51m1h 40m
GenresDrama, FamilyDrama
CountryUS–
DirectorRob DiamondAudrey Diwan
Main castWalter Platz, Scarlett Diamond, Mia Hansen, Melinda YeamanAnna Mouglalis, Anamaria Vartolomei, Sandrine Bonnaire, Fabrizio Rongione, Pio Marmaï

Synopsis

Forgiveness Girl

A little girl with cerebral palsy is relentlessly bullied throughout her life, yet finds it in her heart to forgive by seeking strength from a higher source above.

Happening

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.

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