Between Joachim Lafosse and the news items, the love story is not new. HAS to lose one’s mind set the tone with the harsh way in which the director immerses the viewer in true and poignant stories. A silence evokes a Belgian affair which hit the headlines in the wake of that of the pedophile Marc Dutroux. The director of The couple’s economy was inspired by the conviction in 2010 for possession of child pornography of Victor Hissel, lawyer for the civil parties in this high-profile trial.
Daniel Auteuil and Emmanuelle Devos play a couple who are torn apart by terrible family secrets in this carefully crafted psychological thriller where singer Jeanne Cherhal makes her remarkable acting debut as a commissioner. “Crime causes fear, fear causes silence which generates guilt and shame,” explains Joachim Lafosse. It is wrong to judge silence, it must be questioned, it is a symptom. » The one the filmmaker evokes is that of the mother confronted with a truth that she has buried for years.
The past in question
After delving into his own past to Free student And The Intranquilles, it is that of his country that Joachim Lafosse questions by dissecting a bourgeoisie suffocated by its unsaid words and its hypocrisy which lead to a drama shattering a family apparently above all suspicion. We often think of Claude Chabrol’s chronicles of morals when seeing how Joachim Lafosse analyzes the deleterious dynamics that drive these respected people whose dark side we discover.
“The question that always concerns me is how we can get there, how the drama is woven,” underlines the director. He studies this relentless process by taking the viewer into the chilling world of notables who gradually reveal the murkiest of intimacies.
The mechanics of crime and justice
Look A silence is not fun. The intensity of the relationships between the characters makes the experience poignant but very satisfying for any spectator who is passionate about the mechanics of crime and justice. Joachim Lafosse is a keen observer of human nature which he brilliantly transcribes on screen.