- January 25, 2023
Night of the 12th - Film - Dominik Moll - 2022
Clara, 21, was burned alive one night as she left a friend's house. A team from the Grenoble criminal investigation department searches in vain for her killer among her former acquaintances. Inspired by an unsolved real-life crime, the film recounts the banality and tragedy of a feminicide. This sober film retraces the investigation into the feminicide of Clara, a happy and fulfilled young girl. It deals with the difficulty of announcing a death in a legal context, and the complicated mourning that can affect the victim's loved ones. He also evokes the vicarious trauma of certain investigators, haunted to the point of obsession and reliving the search for the murderer. He also precisely exposes the uncomplicated and ordinary sexism of the protagonists' male gaze, which allows the appropriation, right up to the murder of the young girl. The scene of the feminicide, of the victim's charred remains, but also a listening scene with high levels of verbal violence, may be difficult for a sensitive audience. Sober and uncluttered, the film has great narrative and reflective power; the characters, mostly male, are credible. A powerful film that leaves no one indifferent.
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