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Charles’s solitude in a big city. Days come and go with no one to talk to. In a church, on a rainy day, he stumbles upon a stranger: A woman in despair after a funeral. Charles comforts her. He has just found himself a new activity: To bring comfort to people in mourning. He feels useful again. Another man’s sorrow is the key to his new existence.

In France, one in three women has an abortion during her lifetime. Although this medical procedure has been a legal right since 1975, the subject remains sensitive. Those who talk about it expose themselves to ambiguous comments and sometimes judgment. This film documents the freedom of speech and awareness needed to break the silence surrounding abortion. It recounts the personal and social upheaval that abortion can still cause today. Léa Bordier has collected the stories of those who have experienced it in order to break the taboo that has surrounded abortion in France since its legalization.

Each year, many women give birth to a child alone. An act that they did not choose by themselves, the consequences of which they haven't fully realized. Marie-Ange Casta, actress and model, went to meet three of these young women, who face their first pregnancy alone. This is about the adventure of becoming a mother without a partner by your side or a father for your child.

This is one of the blind spots of the November 2015 attacks, a piece of history that has been ignored and never told: an invisible consequence of that fateful Friday the 13th is that dozens of childhoods and adolescences were also cut short. That night, as a result of the various attacks, 69 children were left orphaned. Most of them reject the term "victim," which is too heavy a burden to bear.