"I am always beautiful" the short film in competition for the Nikon Film Festival

We could all be his place. This young woman who makes a bad encounter in the wrong place is in no way different from us.

When she tries to repulse the two strangers she meets when returning home at night, they become insistent. The tension rises immediately ... Then one swings the first shot, then the second, and it falls to the ground.

You're doing less malignant now! We'll take care of your little ass

screenshot short film "I Am Always Beautiful" Nikon Festival

Rape, the aftermath

As in a mirror game at the Dorian Gray where the young woman surprised in the mirror - after the rape - the reflection of her eternally swollen face, the director brings us into the intimacy of this young woman for whom the rape is' is that the first stage of a long calvary: that of reconstruction.

" I am always beautiful " invites us to see the deep but not invisible sequelae of rape through days, months, even years ... For this woman, the will to remain beautiful is an act of courage to go beyond rape and move towards healing.

Armed with courage, she does not want to be "tainted" by the criminal act of which she was the object:

I am and will always remain beautiful. We are all beautiful

Concluded

A way of fighting the too frequent guilt suffered by the victims, and not to leave the last word to his attackers, that is the psychic wound.

The Nikon Film Festival

Everyone can participate! Nikon Film Festival offers this year to illustrate encounters in less than 140 seconds through a personal or historical look. It is the director Cédric Klapisch who will preside this year the jury.

You have until January 11, 2017 at noon to submit your short film in competition and to compete for one of the 7 Festival Prizes