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Sep 26, 2023 · Belgian director and screenwriter Joachim Lafosse brought his ninth feature film A Silence to San Sebastian, a film about a family secret that has festered for 30 years, slowly tearing apart a mother (played by Emmanuelle Devos), her husband (Daniel Auteuil), and her son (Matthieu Galoux).
Sep 27, 2023 · 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...
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Jun 19, 2024 · Belgian director Joachim Lafosse’s A Silence is based on the real-life case of Victor Hissel, a lawyer who represented the distraught parents of two of the children raped and murdered by serial killer Marc Dutroux. In a bizarre twist, Hissel himself was then charged with possession and use of child pornography.
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Nov 26, 2023 · Joachim Lafosse turns his attention to sex abuse skeletons in a family closet in A Silence. Emmanuelle Devos is a force to be reckoned with as upper middle-class wife Astrid, who has hidden her high-profile lawyer husband’s seedy secret for years.
Jan 10, 2024 · A film by Joachim Lafosse. French Distribution • International Sales • Losange Production. Having remained silent for 25 years, Astrid, the wife of a prominent lawyer, sees her family’s equilibrium shatter when her children initiate their quest for justice.
Year: 2023. Director: Joachim Lafosse. Rated: MA. Release: 27 June 2024. Distributor: Palace. Running time: 101 minutes. Worth: $14.00 FilmInk rates movies out of $20 — the score indicates the amount we believe a ticket to the movie to be worth.
Sep 25, 2023 · Review: A Silence. by Aurore Engelen. 25/09/2023 - Joachim Lafosse explores in depth the silencing mechanisms around situations of sexual violence, particularly within families. Daniel Auteuil, Matthieu Galoux and Emmanuelle Devos in A Silence.
