Up the Junction

The Cardinal

December 1963 •English

A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.

Goodbye Angel

September 2015 •Chinese

A journey to say goodbye to their love.

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

August 2007 •Romanian

Two college roommates have 24 hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements for a black market abortion.

Blue Jay

October 2016 •English

Meeting by chance when they return to their tiny California hometown, two former high-school sweethearts reflect on their shared past.

The Road to Ruin

March 1928 •English

A controversial, low-budget drama about the life of a young teenage girl that goes on the "road to ruin." Sally is a 16-year-old New York City teen who, neglected by her parents, takes up smoking and drinking, engages in affairs with a series of older men, gets arrested by the police during a strip poker game, is sent home only to discover later that she's pregnant, and after getting an illegal abortion, the words "The Wages of Sin is Death" inexpliably appear over her bed in fire.

Violette Nozière

May 1978 •French

Paris, 1933. The daughter of a respectable lower middle class couple, Violette Nozière, leads a disreputable double life. Far from being the innocent 18-year-old her parents mistake her for, she spends her nights with dissolute young men in the less salubrious areas of the city.

Bamboo Doll of Echizen

October 1963 •Japanese

Based on a novel by Tsutomu Mizukami, this haunting melodrama focuses on a young bamboo worker who takes his father's prostitute as his wife.

The Night

June 2024 •French

After an abortion, a woman roams the streets, engaging in a sequence of understated encounters bathed in the glow of neon lights.

Intimates

October 1997 •

Foon escapes an arranged marriage by walking the road of a Ji Sor. After an affair with Shing, she becomes pregnant. An attempted abortion nearly costs Foon her life. Wan, the young owner of a silk factory, rescues her. Wan and Foon share their romances, reflecting the experience of women during the 40's.

The March

September 2020 •Spanish

In 1910, a young laundress leaves her rural home, fleeing from her father's violence. With her, her two sisters and their baby brother. Along the way they try to break free from the past and rediscover a future.

Call Jane

October 2022 •English

A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America where she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help.

Vera Drake

October 2004 •English

Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.

Memoirs of a Nun

February 1927 •German

Sister Angelika has the power of life or death over her former tormentor, now sick and placed in her care.

Criminal Abortion

December 1973 •Spanish

Barcelona police is following the actions of a pimp. A web of forced illegal abortions on prostitutes is discovered.

Talking To Ghosts

May 2023 •English

After losing a child, a young woman decides to shape her own destiny. But things go from bad to worse as she becomes entangled in a black market arms deal gone wrong.

Citizen Ruth

November 1996 •English

"Citizen Ruth" is the story of Ruth Stoops, a woman who nobody even noticed -- until she got pregnant. Now, everyone wants a piece of her. The film is a comedy about one woman caught in the ultimate tug-of-war: a clash of wild, noisy, ridiculous people that rapidly dissolves into a media circus.

Cyankali

November 1977 •German

Invitation

September 2008 •English

a film about how attitude dissimilar family against abortion .....

On Girls

October 2017 •English

Melissa, 19, calls her boyfriend from a small public rest room, leaving two frantic messages, begging him to meet her there. She walks into an abortion clinic waiting room. Looking at the stricken faces of other women waiting, she must consider whether to stay or run.

The Beads

February 2023 •Portuguese

Two young women retreat to a remote holiday home. While one of them undertakes a medical abortion, the other quietly cares for her. A snake slithers around them, unnoticed.