Samuel Le Bihan, father of an autistic child, defends parents in distress. In the moving TV film broadcast this Wednesday evening on France 2, the actor plays a lawyer whose client ended his life.

Since his daughter, Angia, now 12 years old, was diagnosed with autism, he has continued to raise public awareness of the difference. “Justice does not only serve to convict or exonerate,” he recalls. ‘It also helps explain things.’