There is so much about this mini series that I like; primarily Daniel Auteuil in the lead role. One of France's best male actors. The series also has other very good supporting roles, including Victor Meutelet in the role of the adult Lucas. The series is built up painstakingly and we follow the drama over 15 years.
Theme is and will be serious; a child who tells about serious sexual abuse. The child is believed. With the serious consequences this has for everyone involved. I think the best thing about the subject matter in this series is to show how damaged everyone around the child becomes. Unfortunately, mistakes happen in the legal system, even in such cases. Here it turns out that everything is a lie. The series thus provides valuable insight into how things can go wrong.
What I have big problems with is the credibility of how the supposed culprit and his family forgive this so easily. I also think it's a strange process around how the adult Lucas (Meutelet) changes his mind so easily. No, he was certainly not abused after all!
All in all, absolutely worth seeing. But I find it difficult that 15 years of serious accusations are forgiven and forgotten in one, two or three.
Theme is and will be serious; a child who tells about serious sexual abuse. The child is believed. With the serious consequences this has for everyone involved. I think the best thing about the subject matter in this series is to show how damaged everyone around the child becomes. Unfortunately, mistakes happen in the legal system, even in such cases. Here it turns out that everything is a lie. The series thus provides valuable insight into how things can go wrong.
What I have big problems with is the credibility of how the supposed culprit and his family forgive this so easily. I also think it's a strange process around how the adult Lucas (Meutelet) changes his mind so easily. No, he was certainly not abused after all!
All in all, absolutely worth seeing. But I find it difficult that 15 years of serious accusations are forgiven and forgotten in one, two or three.