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Society & Human Interest

Keywords:
Current affairs, Contemporary history


Producer(s): POINT DU JOUR

Length:  1x75

Format:  One-off

Original version: French

Versions available: International

Nationality: France

Year: 2000

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Support(s):  SD - Beta SP

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Director(s): Marie-Monique ROBIN – Writer(s): Marie-Monique ROBIN   Contact Contact   Download Print page

They are being locked up, slapped, beaten, sexually abused or even mutilated : according to official sources, one in five women in Europe falls victim to domestic violence. Three million alone in France.
An in-depth investigation by Marie-Monique Robin on a problem that touches all social classes today. For a whole year, from Paris to Belfort, she followed specialised teams from the police or the medical services from the “Hôtel Dieu” hospital. She interviewed the women who fled from their homes, but also the men who beat them. She talked to judges and psychologists…
At the heart of the film, the unbelievable story of Roselyne, a senior executive and mother of two young children, who fought for two years to obtain justice.
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