{"id":23185,"date":"2025-07-28T17:02:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T17:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/?page_id=23185"},"modified":"2025-10-03T23:03:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T23:03:36","slug":"drugged-and-abused-no-more-shame","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/drugged-and-abused-no-more-shame\/","title":{"rendered":"DRUGGED AND ABUSED: NO MORE SHAME"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DRUGGED AND ABUSED: NO MORE SHAME<\/h1>\n

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MELVILLE THEATER<\/p>\n

Documentary<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/mk_content_box][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_custom_box corner_radius=”15″ bg_color=”#dbcce2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1758580113953{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 29
\n<\/strong>2:50pm (Screening ends at 4:30 pm)
\nFRIDAY OCTOBER 31<\/strong>
\n9:00 am (Screening ends at 10:40 am)
\nSATURDAY NOVEMBER 1<\/strong>
\n3:10 pm (Screening ends at 4:50 pm)
\nSUNDAY NOVEMBER 2<\/strong>
\n1:10 pm (Screening ends at 3:00 pm)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/mk_custom_box][mk_padding_divider size=”10″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_content_box heading=”PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH:”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1759532614956{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Studio TF1
\nFrance T\u00e9l\u00e9visions
\nInternational Documentary Association<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/mk_content_box][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][vc_separator color=”custom” border_width=”2″ css=”” accent_color=”#ea1300″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1758287786869{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]North American Premiere <\/span><\/strong>| France | 2025 | Documentary | 95 min | In French with English subtitles
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\nDirected by: <\/strong>Linda Bendali
\nWritten by: <\/strong>Linda Bendali, Andr\u00e9a Rawlins-Gaston
\nProduced by: <\/strong>Andr\u00e9a Rawlins-Gaston, Patrice Lorton (Capa Presse), France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions
\nCinematography:\u00a0<\/strong>Benjamin Celier
\nOriginal Score: <\/strong>Thomas Dappelo
\nFilm Editing:<\/strong> Luc Golfin, Luc Belmondo
\nCast:<\/strong> Gis\u00e8le Pelicot, Caroline Darian, Dominique Pelicot
\nInternational Sales: <\/strong>Studio TF1
\nOriginal Broadcast:<\/strong> France 2, January 2025<\/p>\n

Synopsis<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In December 2024, Dominique Pelicot and 49 other men were famously convicted of rape in a trial that sent shockwaves through France and beyond. Over a period of ten years, Dominique had solicited some 70 strangers to sexually assault his drugged and unconscious wife, Gis\u00e8le, who has since become an icon of extraordinary strength and courage the world over. Coming to grips with that horrific truth, their daughter Caroline has worked tirelessly to raise public awareness of the shocking reality of a widespread scourge of drug-facilitated rape in France and to recount the similar stories of other victims, in a bold attempt to shift the shame of rape from victim to perpetrator.<\/p>\n

Director’s biography<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker Linda Bendali<\/strong> has conducted many investigations and directed numerous episodes for French TV series, including Histoire Imm\u00e9diate<\/em> (2014), Lundi en histoires<\/em> (2015), Sp\u00e9cial Investigation<\/em> (2015), Le doc du dimanche<\/em> (2016), Crisis Unit<\/em> (2017-2018), and La case du si\u00e8cle<\/em> (2021). She has also written and directed the TV documentary feature Paris sportifs, les bookmakers raflent la mise<\/em> (2023).<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][mk_image src=”https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/screenshot-2025-09-28-at-10.07.49.png” image_size=”full” link=”https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/win-a-cruise-for-two-in-europe\/” target=”_blank” align=”center”][mk_image src=”https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/drugged-and-abused-no-more-shame_poster_70x100_def-edwige-christin.jpg” image_size=”full” frame_style=”gray_border” align=”center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1757371689307{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] DRUGGED AND ABUSED: NO MORE SHAME (Soumission chimique: Pour que la honte change de camp)   [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” css=”” accent_color=”#660084″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_content_box heading=”TELEVISION & DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1757463218917{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] MELVILLE THEATER Documentary [\/vc_column_text][\/mk_content_box][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_custom_box corner_radius=”15″ bg_color=”#dbcce2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1758580113953{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 29 2:50pm (Screening ends at 4:30 pm) FRIDAY OCTOBER 31 9:00 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23185","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23185"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24929,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23185\/revisions\/24929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}