Have you ever heard of Restorative Justice? This little-known system in France offers victims and perpetrators the opportunity to communicate in complete safety, supervised by professionals and volunteers like Judith, Fanny or Michel. Nassim, Issa, and Thomas, convicted of violent theft, Grégoire, Nawelle and Sabine, victims of homejacking, robberies and snatching, engage in this long process hoping to find responses to their pain. On their journey, a lot of anger, silences, alliances and heartbreaks, realizations. And at the end of the road, sometimes, healing...

An ode to resilience, forgiveness and dialogue, I will always see your faces is currently having the effect of a bomb in cinemas. The subject was unfortunately not obvious in a society plagued by violence. However, director Jeanne Herry has created a relentlessly written choral film about the power of words, the pain in the face of the unacceptable and the difficulty of rebuilding oneself. Without false notes or superfluous digressions, this dramatic closed session multiplies the monologues with rage and anger. Gilles Lellouche, Leïla Bekhti and Miou-Miou thus find themselves on the path to healing in a moving fiction steeped in good intentions. If Adèle Exarchopoulos carries part of the film on her shoulders, Dali Benssalah and Birane Ba are undoubtedly the two revelations of this lesson in humanity. During the session, we hold our breath, we share the pain of the victims before finally letting our tears flow.

I will always see your faces
From: J. Herry
With: A. Exarchopoulos, E. Bouchez, G. Lellouche, L. Bekhti, Miou-Miou
Genre: Drama
Theatrical release: March 29, 2023

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