“Intolerable”: the film forbidden for children under 16 shocked even its producer

Do you know the martyrs of Pascal Lauger? This 16+ movie with a warning might not be published because it was because of its multifaceted attempt.

The content of the film is sometimes so difficult that its producer, Richard Grandpierre, judged the script. “unbearable” before finally enjoying funding.

We are in the early 1970s when Lucy, 10, is the victim of a kidnapping and aggression that has left her speechless. Fifteen years later, he finds one of the executioners and executes him. Guilty of running away alone as a child and abandoning another girl who was also held against her will, Lucy slits her throat. His friend Anna is kidnapped by a cult that knows torture…

Shortly before its theatrical release, Martyrs was originally banned for under-18s by the Commission on Film Classification. A decision that clearly reduces the chances of a feature film’s success at the box office, since only adults can go there, and the number of theaters hosting “18+” films is extremely limited.

The commission saw the film only after a meeting between director Pascal Lauger and Minister of Culture Christine Albanelli. This time, it gives Martyrs its final rating: no under 16s, with the caveat:

“This film presents extremely complex images that reveal the torture of a young woman. Its vision, as well as its interpretation, requires the viewer to prepare and distance themselves.”

The judge “unhealthy”, “unsustainable” or “brutal” By AlloCiné viewers, Martyrs and its violence will traumatize more than 90,000 viewers when it hits the screens.