David, now an old man, is still king of Israel. Among his sons, the ambitious Adonijah and the clever Solomon. The two young men are fierce rivals, since both are prospective heirs to the throne and only one can be successful. During a hunting expedition, Adonijah challenges his younger brother Solomon to a chariot race. While Solomon, though brave, still retains a modicum of caution, the daredevil Adonijah is eager to win at all costs -- and loses control of his chariot. Solomon takes the seriously injured Adonijah back to Jerusalem. On the way there they meet the attractive Abishag, who despite her youth is versed in the use of healing herbs. She actually succeeds in helping the prince. Adonijah falls in love with Abishag -- but Bathsheba arranges things so that she works for David, hoping that her youth, her beauty and her healing powers will soothe the old king's suffering. Several members of the influential priesthood and also the respected army general Joab, who served David loyally for many years, support Adonijah's claim to the throne-- even though David has still not made any decision with regard to a potential successor. The battle-experienced Joab regards Solomon as an indecisive weakling, under whose leadership the kingdom would soon fall apart. When the prophet Nathan finds out about Adonijah's conspiracy he informs Bathsheba and Solomon, who urge David to take immediate action. And so it comes to pass that preparations to anoint the future king of Israel are made both at the Spring of Enrogel, where Adonijah and his men are encamped, as well as in Jerusalem. The festive procession for Adonijah has already been assembled and the people enticed with delicious delicacies to cheer him on, when the news of Solomon's coronation reaches Enrogel. The people promptly acknowledge the will of King David and stream off to Jerusalem in their hordes to greet Solomon, their future ruler. Adonijah remains behind with a handful of loyal followers. He realizes that he has lost -- for the time being. Humbly he places his life in his brother's hands. Adonijah is forgiven on one condition: that he always remains loyal to his brother Solomon. The great King David is dead, and his son Solomon has succeeded him as the rightful ruler of Israel. Adonijah now has a request to make of Bathsheba: he wants to marry Abishag. Solomon hears about this seemingly innocent wish, and recognizes it as a renewed ploy on behalf of his brother to reclaim the throne -- Adonijah's marriage to the last woman to share King David's bed would strengthen his political position considerably. Solomon knows that he has to act quickly and decisively if he is to secure his own power. He has his brother Adonijah and the latter's closest associate Joab executed. After this radical decision, Solomon withdraws to present sacrifices. In a dream the Lord appears to him and grants him the fulfillment of a wish, whatever it may be. Solomon merely asks for wisdom -- in order to become a good ruler and judge. War with Egypt is looming. To arm his kingdom against the territorial ambitions of its powerful neighbors, Solomon not only introduces several reforms but also decides to marry the daughter of the pharaoh. The Egyptian princess does not remain Solomon's only wife, however: as time goes by the king marries numerous noble women from many different countries for political and economic reasons. In this way he preserves peace for his people, and creates great prosperity. By allowing the women to continue practicing their domestic customs and religious rituals in Jerusalem as well, he comes into regular conflict with the priesthood, who see the foreign religions as endangering Israel's sole covenant with the Lord. The wisdom granted to Solomon by God becomes fully evident when the king sits in judgment. One day two harlots each claim to be mother of the same baby. Solomon's decision seems utterly cruel: he says that the child should be cut in two so that each woman receives half. Solomon can now determine who the real mother is from her reaction: she will not allow her child to be harmed. Solomon hands the child back to its true mother amid cheers of approval. One of the most important tasks handed down to Solomon by his father David is building the great Temple to house the Ark of the Covenant. It has to be larger and more magnificent than all other temples in the world, and Solomon now sets about fulfilling his father's wish. He places Jeroboam in charge of the Israelite workers as chief overseer. Seven years later, the work is completed. The expensive construction materials have been brought from far-off lands, and the people of Israel have paid exceedingly high taxes without complaint in order to finance the construction work. The Ark of the Covenant can now finally be taken to the Temple in a triumphant procession. After so many years of wandering, the Israelites' most sacred possession now has a fixed home of its own. People stream to Jerusalem from across the entire country to celebrate the great day. Abishag, now married, comes too and brings her family. Solomon has decided to mingle among the people in disguise, and he and Abishag are overjoyed when they accidentally meet again after so many years. The Temple makes Jerusalem and its king famous throughout the world. Even the dark-skinned Queen of Sheba sets off with a large retinue to visit the wise and cultivated Solomon and admire his magnificent city. The admiration turns out to be mutual: Solomon, captivated by her beauty, falls deeply in love with her. The two of them have a child, Menelik, but one day the Queen of Sheba decides to leave. She does not want Menelik to be deprived of the regal dignity awaiting him in his home country. Solomon stays behind, with a heavy heart. The king has now achieved everything he set his heart on, but with the passing of the years the wise Solomon gradually becomes a melancholy, skeptical old man who regularly questions his very existence. Material things seem to represent the only reality for him. He also refuses to adopt any kind of steady policy, especially in religious matters. With his foreign wives, Solomon sacrifices to foreign gods, and this incurs the wrath of the priesthood. The loyal Jeroboam appeals to his king's conscience, but to no avail. During one of Solomon's sorties in disguise among his people, a simple farmer reminds him of the first of the Ten Commandments revealed by the Lord to Moses: "You shall have no other gods before me." At another decisive moment, God Himself speaks to Solomon and announces the punishment for his sinfulness: the kingdom will collapse after Solomon's death. The king has grown old and weary. He has lost touch with the people of Israel, who are suffering from heavy taxation and forced labor. Solomon has treated his long-standing companion Jeroboam, to whom he entrusted the administration of the northern tribes, with murderous anger ever since a prophet predicted the division of the kingdom to him. The king no longer has the strength to change things -- he just leaves them as they are. The consequences of this become clear shortly after his death. Solomon's son and successor Rehoboam treats the country's leaders with arrogance, and provokes the division of the kingdom into two parts: the only tribe still loyal to him is that of Judah, while all the others unite under Jeroboam. The prophecy has been fulfilled. The kingdom that Solomon received from his father David, and invested with such might and magnificence, is now divided.
叙事做得很简约，没有过多的编排和匠气，也可以说是很平常的流畅。好看还是在逼仄的构图，浅淡的拟胶片色彩，深沉气氛里激起对害家庭主妇病的反思，另外，这一切很痛
难得的一部女性电影，比《钛》更加真切自然，紧张和揪心随着时间次第增加。而且，女主在出事之后并没有一味地依靠男性。现在想来，《钛》中的主人公是我们无法移情的，似乎一直是以奇观的角度去看她，而这部则以一种日记式叙事，主观手持的跟镜让我们完全代入角色，体验这一切冷漠和无助的正发生。
我们该为欲望羞愧么？我们的身体属于我们自己么？
对峙、脆弱之下需要的倚靠、盼望的理解、魔怔与控制，亲情关系的百般滋味尽收其中。在这特殊时刻，拷问它是否也如世间其它人际关系接近崩裂。有那种像《利器》、《恶行》带来的如芒在背，也不乏刘冠廷的彩蛋所带来的会心一笑（：以及，事业批贾静雯真的太迷人了。想说它是疫情命题之下最细腻温柔的电影，但依然需要时间和观点来检验（这里指的是…（恶趣味）部分）。
这是一部恐怖片！一种只会缠上女人的病，一种把女人变成家庭主妇的病。
影片的压抑之处在于于绝望中不见悲悯。在主张堕胎犯法的法国，Anne身为一名成绩优异的大学生在得知自己怀孕后选择流产，但为了自身人生的可能性，她需要对抗的力量令人窒息，医生用保胎药欺骗阻碍、自信男同学的肆意挑逗、“闺蜜”的事不关己冷眼逃离以及“男朋友”的逃避冷漠，更为重要的，是她被一种“政治正确”所压迫，即所谓女性一旦怀孕，那她便因此需要负起所有的责任，包括身体上的疼痛以及道德上的羞耻，而身为女性，则处于被审视、被议论的角色，自身的自由与意志被一股强大的社会道德感所遮盖。毫无疑问，奥黛丽·迪万想要我们看到的，正是女性所处的被忽视的、不被尊重的处境，尽管影片结尾Anne重获了人生的自由，但影片的窒息感仍旧扑面而来。
#TIFF 2021# SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS。前入围2021威尼斯地平线单元。贾静雯这是要拿金马影后了么哈哈哈。片子的最大亮点大概是片头VCR钟孟宏自己玩的梗“我这次没有再跟日本摄影师中岛长雄合作”，笑了半小时……片子玩不确定叙事是挺有些意思的，但是拍得还是太电视剧了——同一件事先拍一遍，演员台词再说一遍，接下来再说一遍，明明画面说得很清楚了非要用台词说出来……看得是挺捉急的。在家里戴口罩这种设定有点呵呵（当然除非是不确定叙事的一部分）。看完觉得还有个问题就是有点太搬演社会新闻，比如结尾突然有个堪称WTF的事件。好处是贾静雯这个角色尝试“治愈”的过程和方法，确实遇到过一个类似的案例，很好。
2021最佳外语片女演员：The Female Ensemble Cast
It's always happening.
每次看这样的电影都气得火冒三丈想骂脏话。身为女人，连自己的子宫都不能做主。就算同样是不成熟，为什么承担后果的都只是女人，男人就毫发无损？问题是现今社会还有这种事，人类到底进步在哪儿了？不值得。
这片子应该让那些平时很便宜、很随便的青年男女们当成课程学习一下，一时爽会带来多么痛苦的下场。
2.5 偶有亮点但情节拼凑感太强，从失序惊悚到温情鸡汤的转变又和试图传达的“瀑布”意象略显割裂。以及魏如萱真的不适合演电影啊，希望导演们不要再用她了好嘛。
1.片名影射的不错；2.传闻中吓昏影评人的场景让我无语，这影评人要是看了女性瘾者该会是什么反应？3.女主演技很不错，群像塑造的很模板化，每一幕我都可以预算到。4.堕胎题材希望某天有导演能拍出美国司法绕行下的故事，这才是“正发生” 而且也足够震撼
大概率是今年最后一部院线片。之前尤为担心的堕胎片段其实不算特别吓人。真正厉害的是第一次堕胎那个长镜头里女主的演技可以说逼真到"以假乱真"的程度，所有的疼痛、恐惧忐忑混合着机械冰冷的声音给人造成极大的心理压力。
笑抽了，这种nt意淫结尾的片子居然也能有7.9，豆瓣小资不是一直喜欢把洗白挂在嘴边吗，评价掮客的时候用腻来形容(人家用了开放式的结局，也没像你们说得那样没有呈现复杂的社会关系，应该这么说精神白左的智商可能无法理解开放式结局到底是什么含义），怎么到这部片子光明结局的时候(而且还是明示的），就没见你们出来批判，说它有涂脂抹粉的地方，说好有大概率死亡的风险，怎么就女主那么幸运活了下来，还能参加考试😂，这种试图无脑站堕胎派的导演不值得多关注，当然你们蠢逼小资的话语本来就没有什么信服度，更不用说目前毫无可信度的豆瓣评分
我的身体，我怎样才能保护。这样的道理，不应该只有我懂。
这个片子的象征意义远大于实际意义，就是一个滥交女孩堕胎记……
2021最佳外语片女演员：The Female Ensemble Cast
片名一语双关的“正发生”，手持所带来的现实感对应了片中的“正发生”，观众对于女性主体的凝视对应了当下的“正发生”，那疼痛感刺穿荧幕的几场堕胎戏加重了这一点。
不加修饰，现实甚至更加惨烈吧，每个人都应该看看。
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