With this title, Three Kilometers to the End of the World, director Emmanuel Parvu evokes the distance between the village and the sea in his film, but also what separates man from his monster. It tells the fate of a young man, 17-year-old Adi, who was a victim of homophobia after exchanging a kiss with another boy.
The film describes the violence that is still too present in our daily lives, and if the story has all the true stories, it is not entirely true. In an interview with AlloCiné, the filmmaker revealed that he was inspired by a different news story that happened in Romania in 2015.
“About ten years ago in our country, seven men raped a girl in their village and the population came out against him, against the victim.The director explains. For them, she deserved to be raped. “Why is she wearing that dress?” This is the question they asked.”
The seven attackers, protected by the majority of the residents, were initially released by the judges. All returned to live in the same village where the victim was.
anger of the citizen
Emmanuel Parvu continues: “Even a priest appeared on TV, you can find these pictures, and said: “If the rapist faces 7 years in prison, let the girl also have three or four months in prison, because she did not rape anything.” There is completely unfettered speech when it comes to judging victims.”
Romanian daily newspaper to the poor Then a campaign called “Justice for the Raped Girl” was started. Citizens also joined this indignation so that their anger could be heard. In 2016, seven attackers were eventually sentenced to long prison terms, ranging from six to ten years.
the movie Three kilometers to the end of the world It tells a different story. Nevertheless, the director illustrates the mechanisms that allow the perpetrator to protect authorities and institutions, while the victim is transformed into the perpetrator.
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Source: Allocine
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