Onze jours en février (2024)

Pedophiles have long been the most demonized people in society, but new research is showing that understanding them is the first step in lowering instances of child sexual abuse. Meet the men born attracted to the impossible, and the maverick doctors who dare advocate on their behalf.

A primera vista, los Friedman (Arnold Friedman, Elaine Friedman, David Friedman, Seth Friedman y Jesse Friedman) parecen una típica familia americana. Judíos de clase media-alta, él es un reconocido profesor, ella es ama de casa, y viven con sus tres hijos en Great Neck (Long Island). Un Día de Acción de Gracias, mientras la familia se prepara para la cena, la Policía irrumpe en su casa, la registra de arriba abajo y detiene a Arnold, el padre, y a su hijo de 18 años, Jesse. Ambos salen de casa esposados entre una nube de periodistas, focos, cámaras y camiones apostados en su jardín. Padre e hijo son acusados de pederastia. La familia proclama su inocencia, pero los Friedman se convierten en blanco de la ira de sus vecinos. Capturing the Friedmans es un documental que analiza la naturaleza escurridiza de la verdad a través del prisma de uno de los casos criminales más extraños de la historia americana. (FILMAFFINITY)

In A Town This Size introduces an Oklahoma town and its long-suppressed tragedy of childhood sexual abuse. The abuser, a prominent and trusted former pediatrician is, through this film and for the first time, held accountable for the actions he cleverly perpetrated. Stories are told through poignant first-person interviews with his victims, their families and professionals. This film brings to viewers an unnerving familiarity with the lifelong devastation resulting from this kind of abuse. Covering events in the 1960s and 1970s and continuing into present times, these personal stories devastate, frustrate and inspire. In A Town This Size moves audiences to confront child sexual abuse as a primary social issue and presses for changes in state statutes of limitation.

The documentary follows the story of two brothers who were sexually abused by the same priest of Polish Catholic Church.

Forced and child marriage is happening all across the U.S., legally. Three survivors - Nina, Sara, and Fraidy - take us on a journey into the depths of this human rights abuse hiding in plain sight.

Every day, at Lapeyronie hospital in Montpellier, France, a psychologist and a psychiatrist treat pedophiles and child sexual offenders. Behind closed doors, hidden away from sight, they listen to their stories, help put words to acts and impulses. And they fight for basic prevention systems to be funded and put into practice.

An examination of the infamous thirty-year-old cold case of Iowa paperboy Johnny Gosch, the first missing child to appear on a milk carton. The film focuses on Johnny’s mother, Noreen Gosch, and her relentless quest to find the truth about what happened to her son. Along the way there have been mysterious sightings, bizarre revelations, and a confrontation with a person who claims to have helped abduct Johnny.

Una mirada documental a prostitutas masculinas condenadas en Praga, de entre 15 y 18 años, que se pasean por la piscina pública, la estación de tren, una sala de juegos de video y una discoteca. Después de que los chicos hablan de cómo entraron en el juego, la cámara los sigue hasta la casa de Pavel Rousek. Bajo el nombre de Hans Miller, realiza videos porno gay, principalmente para distribución en Alemania. Intercalado con un rodaje de la película Chez Rousek es una entrevista que lo sigue a su trabajo diario en una morgue, donde realiza una autopsia mientras habla de su trabajo. El sexo no tiene protección; los chicos no tienen familia. Hablan de sus cuerpos y almas, del dinero, de su orientación sexual, del SIDA, de sus sueños y de la muerte.

Louis has gained access to Coalinga Mental Hospital in California, which houses more than 500 of the most disturbed criminals in America, convicted paedophiles. Most have already served lengthy prison sentences, but have been deemed unsafe for release. Instead, they have been sent here for an indefinite time. Spending time with those undergoing treatment, Louis wrestles with whether he can ever allow himself to believe men whose whole history is defined by deception and deceit.

As a child, Michael Stock was sexually abused - by his own father. 25 years later he is still looking for inner peace. In conversations with his family and friends and his own reflections, he paints an ever clearer, if contradictory picture of what happened and of the consequences for each of the family members. Old family films seem to show a happy family - excerpts from Michael's first feature film hint at his extreme adult life, overshadowed by his lifelong trauma. Yet in spite of the intense drama, the film doesn't have an atmosphere of anger and hatred but rather a surprising air of hope and love of life. Michael's aim is not to accuse the "perpetrator" but to understand. In the end, he takes his video "Postcard" to his father. With the camera running, he confronts him with his past.

Drawing inspiration from their unique relationship, Virginie Francoeur explores the journey, work, and imagination of her father Lucien, an atypical creator, an uncategorizable provocateur, and offbeat Dad, worn out by a life of excess.

El documental ofrece una visión sin tapujos del trabajo como actor infantil en la industria del entretenimiento, un negocio de alto riesgo y alta remuneración. La película describe el coste personal y profesional de la fama y el fracaso de un niño. Los que conocen mejor la industria, incluidos varios famosos actores infantiles y dos aspirantes, desgranan sus propias experiencias mientras se reconcilian con las dificultades que han enfrentado y los sacrificios que han hecho para alcanzar el éxito en el mundo del espectáculo.

A feature documentary film set in Hollywood, examining a radical experiment in '70s utopian living. The Source Family were the darlings of the Sunset Strip until their communal living, outsider ideals and spiritual leader Father Yod's 13 wives became an issue with local authorities. They fled to Hawaii, leading to their dramatic demise.

In late 1955 and early 1956, the citizens of Boise, Idaho believed there was a menace in their midst. On Halloween, investigators arrested three men on charges of having sex with teenage boys. The investigators claimed the arrests were just the tip of the iceberg-they said hundreds of boys were being abused as part of a child sex ring. There was no such ring, but the result was a widespread investigation which some people consider a witch hunt. By the time the investigation ended, 16 men were charged. Countless other lives were also touched.In some cases, men implicated fled the area. At least one actually left the country. The investigation attracted attention in newspapers across the nation, including Time Magazine. The "Morals Drive" left scars which remain to this day.

Daniel is a young man. Daniel is a student and a writer. Also Daniel is a pedophile. He is in love and makes no secret of his sexual orientation; even not in front of the parents of his beloved boy. Daniel has never hurt any child. What is the way of the most intimate of feelings in Daniel's and his friends' heart? The film introduces the rises and falls of people living with pedophilia. It portrays Daniel and the Czech community of pedophiles. It narrates a story of forbidden love and a constant struggle to come to terms with oneself and the society.

Montreal of another time is reborn into screen through images from a hundred of movies and shorts produced by the National Film Board of Canada while at its first four decades of existence. Port activities, musical shows, presence of Church, labors life, hockey fever and the best years of "Red Light" are few of the chapters of this collective family album.