On M6, "She saved me", a fiction on domestic violence

• M6 is organizing a special evening dedicated to the fight against domestic violence.

• The fiction

  She saved me,

  inspired by the stories of Laura Rapp and Julie Douib, will be broadcast.

• The actresses and people whose lives inspired the film presented it to the press in January.

A fiction, a debate and a documentary: here is the program offered by M6, this Tuesday, during a special evening dedicated to the fight against domestic violence.

, a unitary fiction by Ionut Teianu, with Juliette Roudet, Laura Sepul and Lio, will be broadcast in two parts.

This film is inspired by the real stories of Julie Douib and Laura Rapp, two women victims of domestic violence.

She saved me

tells the intertwined lives of Laura (Juliette Roudet) and Julie (Laura Sepul), while traveling between their past and the present.

This takes place in December 2019, during the trial at the assizes of Eric, Laura's ex-companion.

On the night of April 16 to 17, 2018, he tried to kill her by strangling her, in front of their 2-year-old daughter Alice.

In court, Laura testifies.

And tells her past with Eric: her meeting with this real estate agent of the company where she is temporary;

the rapid, too rapid beginnings of an intense relationship;

two-person installation;

Eric's alcoholism;

announcement of her pregnancy.

In parallel, Julie's story also unfolds.

From her meeting with Tony in the bar where she works is born a life of two, then of four, with their two boys.

Trapped

And then Laura sees Eric disappear for entire evenings, to come home drunk and threatening;

Julie locks herself up at home, undermined by Tony's jealousy.

On the two women, the trap closes, and the blows of the men fall.

One lodges a complaint six times then, having finally left the marital home, has to fight for custody of her sons.

The other dares not speak despite the repeated violence, after being told that there would probably be no sequel.

Both find themselves crushed by a dysfunctional, even inoperative judicial machine.

Until death, for Julie.

She saved me

describes the signs of influence and intra-family violence, in a more or less subtle, but effective way.

Difficult to remain unmoved in front of this strong story, often harsh, sometimes heartbreaking, carried by a cast of great sensitivity, Laura Sepul and Juliette Roudet in the lead.

"You had to be aware of the need for honesty and loyalty to their history, their journey, to what has become their fight", explains the interpreter of Laura during a meeting with the press organized by M6 in January.

She meets Laura Rapp for the first time there.

His lawyer, Nathalie Tomasini, is also present, as well as Lucien Douib, Julie Douib's father, and Lio, who plays Maître Tomasini.

At the height

“I only experienced the millionth of what Laura or Julie suffered,” notes Juliette Roudet, recalling that “we are preparing with stuntmen.

During the scenes of violence, I had knee pads, elbow pads, I was protected – because that's

the reality.

We are alive.

“The actress, however, says that she “collapsed” the day before the first day of filming: “We had rehearsed the scenes of violence.

All I thought was, 'So there are men who put their hands on women's throats and squeeze'…”

The interpreter of Laura was able to exchange with the woman whose story inspired

but did not want the meeting

“I was afraid of having to 'play' Laura.

I found it more interesting to find what resonated with me about the real Laura, to make her a real fictional character.

" After seeing the film for the first time, Juliette Roudet had only one question: "Are we up to what Laura and Julie have lived, and why Laura and Lucien Douib are fighting today?

»

“I was a little apprehensive, but this film upset me, responds Laura Rapp live.

Juliette's performance is exceptional and transcribes a good part of my story… All this is very faithful.

On several occasions, the fictional Laura is made guilty by the police, the justice system or the defense lawyer.

“These are words that were really said to me,” recalls Laura Rapp.

Change the look

This film “is not a therapy, she asserts.

I wrote

the book

 for me, but the film is more of a sacrifice – it's for my daughter, for the others.

I hope the impact of this film will help save lives.

We must put the victims back at the center of our society.

As long as we don't change, as long as we don't protect children, we won't change society.

For Lucien Douib, “this film succeeded in showing what men were capable of doing.

»

"We had to imagine that this film could, from two singular stories, speak to more people, in a form of universality, explains Juliette Roudet.

I want to believe that this film can change the way we look at this sort of thing.

»

Lio, herself a survivor of domestic violence, claims to have recognized herself in the two characters.

“Laura's fear, in the face of this man who continues to harass her from prison, I feel it.

For us who have been beaten and almost died, it is for life.

The anger is palpable in her voice when she declares: “In front of us, we have a boys' club, the men protect each other.

Speech is released, why is it not moving forward?

Because we don't listen!

she exclaims later.

“More sense than a Grenelle”

Thus, Julie Douib filed a complaint several times against her ex before he killed her.

The media coverage of his death was one of the starting points of the Grenelle on domestic violence, organized in the fall of 2019 and bringing together different actors: the police, the justice system, associations and organizations of social workers.

“I think that this fiction which will enter the small screen of the French has more meaning than a Grenelle, launches Maître Tomasini.

In the daily lives of women victims, the Grenelle has not changed much.

»

Laura Rapp talks about the many obstacles she faced as a victim.

The legal process was bogged down, until she testified on Twitter, her story then finding a strong media echo.

She insists on the need to protect children, and notes the cost of proceedings for victims, and the difficulty of access to legal aid.

To cover all expenses, “parents and grandparents are on the front line, recalls Laura Rapp.

They are often the ones who save our lives.

Otherwise, we are forced to take out consumer credit.

»

For Nathalie Tomasini as for Laura Rapp, "the application of laws" and a "radicalization of penalties" are necessary.

“These women victims take life, notes the lawyer.

And the perpetrators of violence are convinced that they risk more by selling drugs than by beating their wives.

There is no real political will [to fight against violence], because our society operates in a patriarchal way.

»

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