In this hilarious satire, social contracts are broken and hackneyed forms of entertainment are upended. Corralling a brilliant cast into a boisterous deconstruction of actors’ egos and audience expectations, Quentin Dupieux revels in the insights of an outsider in his latest meta-provocation.

Probing the social prejudices and legal obstacles surrounding abortion, Audrey Diwan’s Golden Lion winner astutely shatters the illusory liberalism of 1960s France. Starring a revelatory Anamaria Vartolomei, this unflinching and powerful cry for reproductive freedom simmers with a timely urgency.