World Courant
Channel 5 is getting ready a documentary about France’s mass rape trial, which has shocked the world and is presently in its final levels after 11 weeks of hearings. On the middle of the trial is Gisèle Pelicot, a 72-year-old girl whose former husband, Dominique Pelicot, drugged her and invited males to rape her for over a decade.
Titled “The Pelicot Rape Case: A City on Trial,” the 90-minute documentary will air on Dec. 11 on primetime. Produced by ITV Productions, the doc will present a psychological, authorized and cultural perspective, with enter from the Mazan group the place the Pelicots lived a seemingly idyllic retirement.
The documentary may even characteristic an unique on-camera interview with one of many alleged rapists within the case, who can be visually and vocally anonymized.
Whereas it is the primary documentary to be introduced concerning the mass rape trial, a number of others are believed to be in manufacturing, together with in France the place the general public broadcaster is getting ready one.
The case remains to be ongoing as French prosecutors have demanded jail sentences starting from 4 to twenty years for the 51 males accused of collaborating within the repeated rape of Gisèle Pelicot over 10 years. The prosecution requested a 20-year sentence for Dominique Pelicot, who admitted that he recruited strangers on-line to return to their dwelling and rape his spouse whereas she was sedated.
“Talking to those that have been in courtroom daily of the path and those that have watched from afar, we are going to ask how these crimes may have gone unreported for thus a few years, what it means for the way sexual assault is seen in France and the remainder of the world and what arduous questions males have to ask themselves about fashionable masculinity,” the documentary’s synopsis reads. “We may even converse to one of many alleged rapists themselves to listen to his protection in one of many world’s most stunning rape instances.”
Added Ian Rumsey, ITN’s managing director of content material: “Our information heritage and the agility of our manufacturing groups means ITN Productions is uniquely positioned to provide a rigorous, detailed documentary monitoring the impression of those disturbing crimes because the trial unfolds. Securing unique on-camera entry with one of many alleged rapists has been a part of our dedication to telling the broader story of Gisèle Pelicot’s astonishing bravery.”
Denise Seneviratne, commissioning editor at Channel 5, stated “ITN is the pure accomplice to provide a documentary about this harrowing crime and unfolding trial, one which has captured the eye of the world.” She added, “Gisèle Pelicot has turn into a symbolic determine of bravery and alter. We imagine this story have to be instructed and Channel 5 is resolute in telling it.”
Jeremy Daldry is government producer and Anna Davis and Oliver Value are producer-directors for ITN Productions. The doc was commissioned by Seneviratne at Channel 5, with post-production by ITN Submit.
Gisèle Pelicot Mass Rape Trial Will get Channel 5 Documentary
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