restorative justice highlighted in the film “I will always see your faces”

Gilles Lellouche, Miou-Miou, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Jean-Pierre Darroussin or even Denis Podalydès. A five-star cast and victims of crimes who, to rebuild themselves, agree to confront convicts. This is called restorative justice, a justice that wishes to repair with words. The film is quasi-documentary. “I love to make people talk, I love to write dialogues, but I love when the word is action”describes Jeanne Herry, the director of the film.

Justice still unknown in France

Chloé is afraid of running into her brother who has just been released from prison, Judith is going to mediate. “It’s laborious, it’s complicated, it takes time and it doesn’t always succeed”, underlines Élodie Bouchez, who plays Judith. Jeanne Herry spent several months meeting with teams who carry out this work in the field before starting her shoot. A harsh and unadorned film, which sheds light on a justice from North America, still very little known in France.