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M (2018)

M poster
Directed by
Yolande Zauberman
Genre
documentary film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 45m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 24 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man returns to his childhood community to face the people who abused him. He also talks to other community members about child abuse and tries to make peace with his parents.

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What happens

M is a 2018 French documentary film directed by Yolande Zauberman. It follows Menachem Lang, aged 35, as he returns to Bnei Brak to confront the men who abused him as a child, to discuss child abuse with other members of the ultra-Orthodox community and to attempt to reconcile with his parents. In 2020 it received the César Award for Best Documentary Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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