A Family
By Christine Angot
2024
Documentary
1h22
Synopsis
Award-winning French writer Christine Angot goes on a business trip to Strasbourg where her father lived before dying several years ago. It is the city where she met him for the first time at the age of 13, and where he sexually abused her over the following years. His wife and children still live there. Angot takes a camera and knocks on the doors of her family to push them to clarify their attitudes to her father’s crime that stretched over so many years. A cinematographic journey that challenges social norms and family perspectives in dealing with incest.
Community Reviews
Christine Angot's directorial debut, 'A Family', has stirred a spectrum of emotions among viewers, with many praising its raw and poignant exploration of incest and familial denial. Critics commend Angot's use of cinema to confront and articulate her personal trauma, finding the film both disturbing and necessary. However, some viewers find Angot's approach overly narcissistic and repetitive, feeling that her persistent focus on her personal story overshadows broader discussions.
👍 Powerful confrontation of personal and familial trauma.
👎 May feel overly personal and repetitive to some.
