The story of Chantale Daigle, who was the only woman in Canada who was unable to have an abortion in the summer of 1989, is told in the series “Disobedience: Chantale Daigle’s Choice‘, the trailer for which has just been circulated.
Produced by ALSO, the production company of Sophie Lorain and her husband and director Alexis Durand-Brault, the six episodes will be released on the Crave platform on March 8th to mark International Women’s Human Rights Day.
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The story related to women’s right to control their own bodies is still relevant in North America and around the world. Authors Isabelle Pelletier and Daniel Thibault deliver Chantale Daigle’s journey, which unfolds “like a real race against time,” promised. Barely an adult and with the help of many women, Chantale Daigle fought to the highest court in the country to enforce her rights. This is an original idea of the documentary filmmaker Gaëlle D’Ynglemare.
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Here is the synopsis revealed by ALSO and Crave: “Disobeir: Chantale Daigle’s choice” tells the story of Chantale Daigle (Éléonore Loiselle) who falls in love at the age of 21 and then becomes pregnant with Jean-Guy Tremblay (Antoine Pilon). , a man who will turn out to be manipulative and aggressive. After a stormy relationship, she leaves him, opting for an abortion… but Jean-Guy, hurt in his pride and anxious to keep their relationship alive, appeals to the judiciary to prevent this. Against all odds, a judge rules in Jean-Guy’s favour, even though abortion had been decriminalized a year earlier. The case is reviving the debate about abortion nationally and internationally. After becoming the center of a media and political whirlwind, Chantale sees her life turned upside down forever. Will she find the strength to see her choice through to the end?
Alex Bergeron, Luc Bourgeois, Rachel Graton, Patrick Hivon, Jean-François Pichette and Éric Robidoux complete the cast.