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In 2023, film star Emmanuelle Béart (Manon of the Springs; Mission: Impossible) publicly revealed she is an incest survivor. A national reckoning around child sexual abuse was already underway in France after accusations were made against a prominent family when Béart set about lifting the veil of silence around the crime. Choosing both first-person and ensemble documentary voices, Béart creates a powerful platform for fellow fighters to challenge the insidious shame that arises from incest. Along with co-director Anastasia Mikova, two other women and a man, Béart points the finger at the laws and social taboos of a country where a child is sexually victimized every three minutes. Reluctant to include her own story at first, Béart powerfully remonstrates: “the silence—which is first imposed by the person who rapes you—this silence makes a terrible noise within you and takes all kinds of forms” in this stirring and personal critique.

Credits

  • Director(s)

    • Emmanuelle Béart
    • Anastasia Mikova
  • Producer(s)

    • Emmanuelle Lepers
  • Writer(s)

    • Emmanuelle Béart
    • Anastasia Mikova
  • Editor(s)

    • Anne-Marie Sangla
  • Cinematography

    • Nicolas Argillet
    • Stéphane Correa
    • Alexis Kavyrchine
  • Composer

    • David François Moreau
  • Music

    • David François Moreau
  • Sound

    • Victor Pierre
  • Color Grading

    • Isabelle Laclau
  • Production Manager(s)

    • Nathalie Ducrin
    • Julia Fangeaud
    • Noé Cornuau
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