Un si long silence : une patineuse brise l'omerta
Directed by Rémy Burkel, Emmanuelle Anizon
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Figure skating star Sarah Abitbol was raped by her coach when she was only 15 years old. Three decades later, she has decided to speak out. First in 2020, in a book entitled Un si long silence. Then on television. Finally, in this documentary by Remy Burkel and Emmanuelle Anizon. She started skating at the age of 5. Propelled in Paris to try her luck, the teenager meets this famous coach. "He scared everyone", she will admit. He is a great man who has a hold on her. During the stretching, the behavior of this man is unhealthy. But it is at the age of 15 that everything collapses. Sarah abitbol will write down these two years of sexual violence in a small notebook. She will never throw it away. It is at the moment of revealing herself, at 44 years old, that she finds it unexpectedly.Read moreLess
Figure skating star Sarah Abitbol was raped by her coach when she was only 15 years old. Three decades later, she has decided to speak out. First in 2020, in a book entitled Un si long silence. Then on television. Finally, in this documentary by Remy Burkel and Emmanuelle Anizon. She started skating at the age of 5. Propelled in Paris to try her luck, the teenager meets this famous coach. "He scared everyone", she will admit. He is a great man who has a hold on her. During the stretching, the behavior of this man is unhealthy. But it is at the age of 15 that everything collapses. Sarah abitbol will write down these two years of sexual violence in a small notebook. She will never throw it away. It is at the moment of revealing herself, at 44 years old, that she finds it unexpectedly.
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Figure skating star Sarah Abitbol was raped by her coach when she was only 15 years old. Three decades later, she has decided to speak out. First in 2020, in a book entitled Un si long silence. Then on television. Finally, in this documentary by Remy Burkel and Emmanuelle Anizon. She started skating at the age of 5. Propelled in Paris to try her luck, the teenager meets this famous coach. "He scared everyone", she will admit. He is a great man who has a hold on her. During the stretching, the behavior of this man is unhealthy. But it is at the age of 15 that everything collapses. Sarah abitbol will write down these two years of sexual violence in a small notebook. She will never throw it away. It is at the moment of revealing herself, at 44 years old, that she finds it unexpectedly.
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- Rémy Burkel
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- Emmanuelle Anizon