Short Synopsis
Héva, a young black girl from a working-class background, is thrown out onto the street by her father because she is pregnant by Émile, a man from a good family. She is then taken in by Émile’s parents. They want her to be examined by a doctor friend, but the consultation lasts unusually long.

Statement of intent

In the 1960s in Réunion, under the influence of Deputy Michel Debré, an aggressive anti-natalist policy led to forced abortions and sterilizations of thousands of black and mixed-race women from working-class backgrounds, without their consent, even though abortion was illegal in France. This scandal, which remains largely unknown, raises questions about gender, race, and class domination. Through the character of Héva, partly inspired by my mother, I wish to do justice to these wronged and forgotten women, victims of a violence that denied them the right to control their own bodies.