An Ordinary Case review – Daniel Auteuil directs and stars in tense Ruth Rendell-ish crime procedural

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A careworn husband is accused of murdering his wife in a story inspired by a real life case that dispenses with the genre’s familiar brutality Here is a fictionalised true crime drama, but one that is more stately and sedate than the garish procedural brutality of regular true crime. There is one gruesome crime-scene photo, but otherwise this could really have been based on something by Ruth Rendell. It is co-written and directed by its star Daniel Auteuil and the original French title is Le Fil (The Thread), after an incriminating thread of material found on the corpse – or perhaps it means the thread of logic behind a legal argument, the loose thread which, if pulled sufficiently, might cause the whole thing to collapse. The action is based on a case recounted by Jean-Yves Moyart , a criminal defence lawyer, who blogged under the name “Maître Mô” and who died in 2021. Grégory Gadebois plays Nicolas Milik (“Ahmed” in Moyart’s blog), a devoted, careworn husband to his alcoholic wife ...
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Paul Walker’s daughter reveals she had an abortion

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The 23-year-old daughter of actor Paul Walker Meadow admitted that she terminated her pregnancy. This girl told subscribers on social networks. US Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to abortion. This decision caused protests from the local population, including the stars. So, the 23-year-old daughter of Paul Walker called the ban on abortion "a deep injustice against women" and remembered how she decided to terminate her pregnancy about two years ago. "I, too, faced this difficult choice in 2020, when the world was collapsing during the coronavirus pandemic; I decided to have an abortion. It's a very confidential and personal experience, and that's how it should be. I was lucky to have a wonderful doctor who supported me during this grueling process with his help, I can be the happy and healthy person that I am today," Meadow shared on a personal blog. "The abortion ban does not prevent abortions; it prevents safe abortions," she concluded. Models Bella Hadid, Elsa Hosk and Kaia Gerber, Valentino creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli, Bottega Veneta creative director Mathieu Blasi and others also spoke out against the decision of the US Supreme Court to abolish the constitutional right to abortion. Earlier, It was said that in the United States, thousands of protesters against the abortion law took to the streets of cities. In Missouri, USA, the Supreme Court banned abortion, causing thousands of Americans across the country to protest against the decision, reports USA Today. In Washington, near the Supreme Court building, hundreds of people stand with banners chanting, "My body is my choice." The protesters gathered after they heard on the news that the law allowing abortions had been repealed. Dissenters also took to the streets of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, and many other US cities.

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