EXCLUSIVE: A function documentary following Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter, Caroline Darian, has been acquired by a raft of broadcasters in Europe and past.
Drugged And Abused: No Extra Disgrace was commissioned by France Télévisions and aired on its France 2 channel in late January. Newen Studios-owned CAPA produced. Newen Connect distributes and has made the documentary a precedence title at this week’s London TV Screenings.
As occasions in London get underway, Newen has sealed the primary offers for the movie. A number of public broadcasters have acquired it, together with Austria’s ORF, Finland’s YLE and RTBF, and VRT in Belgium. Additional afield, Canadian French-language pubcaster Radio-Canada has picked it up. Spain’s Movistar is one other purchaser.
Gisèle Pelicot’s brave determination to waive her proper to anonymity led to a worldwide highlight being shone on a case, which, late final 12 months, noticed Dominique Pelicot jailed for the utmost time period of 20 years.
The movie paperwork her Darian’s story as she prepares for the trial of her father, who drugged and raped her mom for years, and likewise invited dozens of different males to assault her.
It additionally follows her work as a whistleblower, working with different victims and elevating consciousness of the position of medication in rape and sexual assault. She narrates the movie.
Linda Bendali directed the documentary. “The surprising actuality of drug-facilitated sexual assault is revealed within the movie as a criminal offense that has lengthy been ignored,” the staff behind it mentioned.
Deadline spoke with the producer of the highly effective doc, for an in-depth International Breakout function, which can be printed later this week.
