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Face à l’Inceste – Two Nightmares in my Story

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In Dickens’ Oliver Twist, Mr Bumble famously declares, “The law is an ass.” But in this impactful campaign from Publicis Conseil the law is also a monster.  

Directed by Vincent Gibaud, through Jungler, and illustrated by New York artist Jackson Joyce, the film reveals the unacceptable law, still operating in France today, that a child who reports sexual abuse committed by a family member must testify in court that he/she did not give consent. 

Titled Two Monsters, the film is an entreaty to French citizens to help change the law by signing a petition. 

With rich use of shadow imagery and dynamic painterly textures, the film depicts an abused child fantasising that the creature in the wardrobe, a gavel-wielding symbol of the judiciary, will save him from the other monster in the house, his own father. 

Sadly, when the boy asks the wardrobe-dweller for help, he is denied and the question of consent is raised. 

Discussing his collaboration with Gibaud, Joyce commented: "We talked about everything looking as if it were from a child’s perspective. So I tried to incorporate that into the character design, especially the figures of the father and monster, imagining them the way a child would see them. Serious tone, juxtaposed with this childlike colour palette is effective – it gives you the perspective of a child, yet still takes the subject seriously." 

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