Un homme parfait (2019)
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Loïc Corbery, Odile Vuillemin, Lilas-Rose Gilberti, Didier Flamand
A devoted mother must decide whether to believe her daughters’ accusations against her seemingly perfect husband.
The story
Maxime appears to have an enviable life: an excellent education, a meteoric career, and a loving family. That image is shaken when his daughter Claire accuses him of sexually molesting her. Daphné, deeply in love with her husband, struggles to believe the accusation. When their younger daughter describes similar incidents, Daphné takes both girls and files a complaint. With no evidence, she loses her temper with a police officer and is hospitalized, while others suspect she invented the allegations to secure a divorce and custody of the children.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Maxime is a man who has it all: an excellent education, a meteoric career, and a perfect, loving family. But there is a shadow over it all: his daughter Claire accuses him of sexually molesting her. When she tells her mother, Daphné, who is deeply in love with her husband, Daphné struggles to believe her. But when the younger daughter tells her mother about similar incidents, Daphné flees with her daughters and files a complaint. She has no evidence, loses her temper with a police officer, is hospitalized, and is suspected of making it all up to get a divorce and custody of her daughters. Maxime gets his children back and claims that his wife is crazy. He thinks he has won because he has the image of a perfect son and father. But his father discovers the truth after an incident that reveals the incest his granddaughters have suffered, and calls the police.
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