Emmanuelle Béart wishes to lift the veil on incest.
Presented by TALK Hong Kong, Such a Resounding Silence (Un Silence Si Bruyant) is a ground breaking documentary on intrafamilial childhood sexual abuse.
Join Taura Edgar and Director Anastasia Mikova, for the Hong Kong screening on Saturday 23 November 2024 at the Soho House Hong Kong Cinema.
French film star @emmanuellebeart (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.
With thanks to the producer @hautetcourtdoc
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