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Aline Issermann's "Shades of Doubt" ("L'Ombre du Doute"), a French film about a wrenching family crisis, is set forth with remarkable restraint. The subject is incest, but the story's potential for tawdriness is never exploited. Instead, Ms. Issermann presents a discreet, methodical account of how 12-year-old Alexandrine comes to bring and then recant charges against her father, Jean.Read moreLess
Aline Issermann's "Shades of Doubt" ("L'Ombre du Doute"), a French film about a wrenching family crisis, is set forth with remarkable restraint. The subject is incest, but the story's potential for tawdriness is never exploited. Instead, Ms. Issermann presents a discreet, methodical account of how 12-year-old Alexandrine comes to bring and then recant charges against her father, Jean.
The story
Aline Issermann's "Shades of Doubt" ("L'Ombre du Doute"), a French film about a wrenching family crisis, is set forth with remarkable restraint. The subject is incest, but the story's potential for tawdriness is never exploited. Instead, Ms. Issermann presents a discreet, methodical account of how 12-year-old Alexandrine comes to bring and then recant charges against her father, Jean.
Cast & crew
Mireille PerrierMother
Alain BashungFather
Michel AumontGrandfather
Emmanuelle RivaGrandmother
Roland BertinJudge
Dominique LavanantAlexandrine's Teacher
Thierry LhermitteAlexandrine's Lawyer
Jean-Pierre SentierMaître Toussaint / l'avocat de Jean
Féodor AtkineTherapistExplore the crew
- Director
- Aline Issermann
- Writer
- Aline Issermann
- Writer
- Martine Fadier-Nisse
- Writer
- Frédérique Gruyer
- Producer
- Jean-Claude Fleury
- Director of Photography
- Darius Khondji