Spanton vs The French Police

On February 1, 2019, after three weeks of trial before the french criminal trial court, two police officers of the French Research and Intervention Brigade (BRI), Antoine Q and Nicolas R, were sentenced to seven years in prison for the rape of Émily S in the premises of the police station 36 Quai des Orfèvres. Neither her dress nor her blood alcohol level, or even her supposedly «sexual» attitude mentioned by the defense managed to minimize the seriousness of the facts: she did not consent to sexual intercourse. This conviction comes in a particular context of collective awareness on sexual violence. It is symptomatic of a change of mentalities. A symbolic, but equally universal story in the post #MeToo era.

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Direction: Ovidie

Script: Ovidie

Cinematography: Lionel Jan Kerguistel

Editing: Luc Golfin

Sound: Raphaël Guérin, Arnaud Rouzy

Music: Geoffroy Delacroix

Production: Magneto

Producers: Marc Berdugo, Barbara Conforti

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: France

Production Year: 2022

Duration: 70΄

Contact: Java Films

Ovidie

Filmography

2011 Rhabillage (short)
2016 Pornocracy: The New Sex Multinationals
2017 Everything’s Better than a Hooker
2019 You Will Give Birth in Pain
2022 Spanton vs The French Police