Audrey Estrougo : 2014
An ordinary story
Nathalie, 32 years old, is an ordinary woman with a simple and enjoyable professional life. Happy, dreamy, romantic, she is preparing to move in soon with her fiancé. But her life will totally change when her co-worker rapes her one evening after a party. Life is now a struggle where every detail is a fight to get back a normal life. Through this 'ordinary' story, Natalie becomes the spokesperson for all those women condemned to silence. The director explains her desire to raise awareness about a crime that often goes unpunished in France, usually because rape victims fail to press charges against their aggressors. "I wanted to film the invisible evil that eats away at and destroys people. If rape is a taboo, it's because it's an act that is largely based on men's supremacy over women, and recognising it as a crime (which is not always the case, since it's an act that is judged as a misdemeanour and not as a serious crime) would be tantamount to calling into question the very founding principles of our society." Audrey Estrougo's third feature portrays how rape is as much a psychological crime as it is a physical one, leaving the victim both terrorised by men and feeling that she should share in the guilt simply by being a woman.
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