Joachim Lafosse Speaks Out About Abuse in ‘A Silence,’ and So Should You: ‘I Also Refused to See Myself as a Victim’
variety.comMarta Balaga Belgian director Joachim Lafosse is done being silent. Just like the family in his latest film “A Silence,” inspired by the real-life case of Victor Hissel: a former lawyer for two victims of killer Marc Dutroux, ultimately charged with possession of child pornography. “To me, it’s not a dark story, because they do start to talk,” he says about the characters played by Emmanuelle Devos and newcomer Matthieu Galoux, slowly digging up the long-buried sins of their husband and father (Daniel Auteuil). “Astrid and her children decide to step out of that criminal environment.
With this film, I want to show how people can be violated by something like that, how difficult it is to shake off that shame and guilt.
It’s difficult, but I think it’s possible.” He also had to learn how to speak up, he says. “In 2008, I made ‘Private Lessons.’ I didn’t say that at the time, but it’s my story.
A true story,” he says. In the film, a teenage boy is taken advantage of by three adults, initially pretending to help him. “With my mother, we haven’t spoken for years, and then she called me.
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