Cases of sexual abuse of minors used to be hushed up, nowadays they make the headlines and are being taken brought out into the open. There is a downside, however which has become a serious concern: more and more allegations and false accusations are being brought against innocents. During the last five years in France, some 370 teachers have been accused of pedophile behaviour. 73% of the cases have been thrown out of court or dismissed for lack of evidence
A Time of Suspicion » has been shot over a period of two years and tells the true story of Pascal Rémond, a teacher of the Doubs region who has been cleared by the courts after two years of devastating court procedures. The film zooms in on the microcosm of life in the small town of Montbéliard, where rumour spread like wildfire. We meet, one by one, the key witnesses or ‘actors’ of the “affair”.
Step by step , through the testimonies, we discover the true focus of the drama in this exceptional documentary : fear...