Le silence (2020)
• November 12th, 2020 • 1h 46min
Documentary
Overview
From the 1950s to the 1980s, Catholic priests committed numerous sexual abuses on young boys in several French-speaking villages in New Brunswick. Brought to light when the victims were in their fifties, these scandals sparked shock and indignation in the media and the public. Why have affected communities chosen secrecy over justice and truth for so long? Taking advantage of their influence to impose a "pious silence" on their parishioners, several figures of authority have built a veritable structure of abuse that testifies as much to the oppressions specific to the Acadian populations as to the systemic denial of the Catholic Church. Challenged by the power of collective silence, seasoned filmmaker Renée Blanchar seeks to unravel the root causes by going out to meet the survivors.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Keep Up the Good Work
Released on: 2013-05-02
Documentary, Comedy
It is a fetish, a mantra, a secret religion to modern man: work. In times of the financial crisis an...
The Prophet of Prosperity: Robert Tilton and the Gospel of Greed
Released on: 2005-12-26
Documentary
Ok, let's admit it. We all miss him. Sure, there's Jan & Paul Crouch and even Pray TV's "hair appare...
Michael Lost and Found
Released on: 2017-05-27
Documentary
When a feature film is made about them seven years after their break-up, Benjie Nycum visits his ex-...
The Satanic Verses Affair
Released on: 2009-03-07
Documentary
Twenty years ago, novelist Salman Rushdie was a wanted man with a million pound bounty on his head. ...
Countdown to Eternity
Released on: 1999-01-01
Documentary
Bible expert Bill Gallatin explores biblical prophecies from the Book of Revelation that have transp...
Maximón: Devil or Saint
Released on: 2014-02-06
Documentary
MAXIMÓN - Devil or Saint is a documentary about the controversial Maya deity, also known as San Simo...
Teen Exorcists
Released on: 2013-09-12
Documentary
They are young, all-American girls who enjoy horse riding, karate and Sherlock Holmes. But there's m...
The Woman Pastor
Released on: 2023-08-19
Documentary
In a community of a Muslim majority, the first woman pastor in the Middle East leads a parish in one...
Carlo Acutis: Roadmap to Reality
Released on: 2025-04-27
Documentary
In a world losing itself to screens, teenage mystic Carlo Acutis saw beyond our social media-addicte...
Religulous
Released on: 2008-10-01
Documentary, Comedy
Commentator-comic Bill Maher plays devil's advocate with religion as he talks to believers about the...
American Jesus
Released on: 2013-02-19
Documentary
AMERICAN JESUS is an exploration of Christianity in every faction of American Life, from the breadli...
Yeshua
Released on: 1984-04-08
Documentary
Split into five parts and filmed on location in Israel and elsewhere, Yeshua features interviews wit...
American Crusaders
Released on: 2007-01-01
Documentary
Documentary - A harrowing exploration of the rapid rise of American religious fanaticism after 9/11....
The Hidden Story of Jesus
Released on: 2007-12-25
Documentary
Was the Christ Story stolen from other, older religions? Theologian Dr Robert Beckford investigates ...
Where Jesus Walked
Released on: 1995-01-01
Documentary, TV Movie
Jesus never traveled more than one hundred miles from His birthplace during His three-year ministry,...
Something From Nothing: A Conversation with Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss
Released on: 2012-04-12
History, Documentary
Join critically-acclaimed author and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and world-renowned theor...
Novena
Released on: 2013-08-14
Documentary
In 2012, Stephen Vaughan and Kay Ferreter are invited to address the congregation at St. Joseph's Re...
The Vatican Museums
Released on: 2007-01-01
Documentary
Originally produced in 1997 on the threshold of the Third Millennium of the Christian Era, and in ce...
For the Bible Tells Me So
Released on: 2007-10-05
Documentary
An exploration of the intersection between religion and homosexuality in the U.S. and how the religi...