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Domestic Violence: hell at home
  • 53'
  • Author : Céline Destève
  • 07-12-2009
  • Master : 1823

Domestic Violence: hell at home | M6 | Génération Famille

In 2008 160,000 incidences of domestic violence were recorded in France, of which 193 were fatal. An increase in violence of 6.4% of which most relates to women. Family protection units were set up last January. We follow the work of one of the first of such units in Rouen. With the assistance of a psychologist and a social worker, these policemen deal with nearly 700 cases of domestic violence every year. What happens in the courts when love turns to tragedy? We followed the trial in the assize courts of a man suspected of having caused the death of his ex-partner, aged 25 and mother of two baby girls. Coralline, a young mother of 29 narrowly escaped death. Her husband, with a record of convictions for domestic violence, is accused of attempting to kill her. By some miracle she survived a revolver shot that, nevertheless, left her disfigured. We accompanied this young woman on her painful path to « recovery ». The first task is to find « a face », psychological stability, stop being afraid and obtain compensation. Her story will shock you.


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