A small printing press.
A foreman (Bruno Salomone) sexually assaults a young employee (Tiphaine Daviot) who then attempts to commit suicide.
The man denies and defends himself: she consented.
The victim feels guilty, doubts, it's true, she smiled at him… She receives the support of a trade unionist (Corinne Masiero).
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A fault and its consequences
“
Through this fiction, I wanted to deal with the gray area where sexual assault is not understood as such by the aggressor.
I wanted to be able to deal, in the workplace, with a fault and its consequences.
To be able to offer each and everyone the rhetorical possibility of expressing a point of view
”, analyzed Christian François, the director and screenwriter, last year at the La Rochelle festival where the unit was presented.
“Corinne Masiero naturally carries this commitment, this outspokenness, she is sincere, generous”
Christian François, director and screenwriter of Boomerang
With a warm and benevolent approach, the TV movie questions, shows the awareness of the harasser and advocates solidarity, tackling the problem together.
The role was written for Corinne Masiero.
“
She naturally carries this commitment, this outspokenness.
She is sincere, generous.
When she calls for a strike she is 'there
'”, continued the author.
Lack of Manichaeism
The heroine of Captain Marleau is also delighted with the absence of Manichaeism in this fiction: “
It was interesting to give voice to the aggressor.
I am for denouncing, making things happen, but it is essential to make the aggressors aware of the harm they are doing.
We are all responsible for the way in which we convey macho, patriarchal thoughts, even when we are chicks, because of our experience, of what we have been taught.
We can identify, realize that we have been attacked, not even necessarily sexually
”.
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This TV movie will be broadcast as part of a “Continuous Evening, Sexual Assault at Work: Time for Revolt?”.
It will thus be followed by a debate moderated by Julian Bugier and the documentary
La Révolte des femmes de chambre,
which looks back on the affair of the Ibis hotel.