

The Perfect Victim
2021-06-30 · 88 min · ★ 8.0
After investigating the Gilbert Rozon affair together in October 2017 in the wake of the #MeToo movement, journalists Émilie Perreault and Monic Néron are teaming up to sign this hotly current documentary that examines the failures of the justice system in matters of sexual assault.
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- Monic Néron, Émilie Perreault
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- Canada
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Monic NéronSelf
Émilie PerreaultSelf
Céline GalipeauSelf (archive footage)
Harvey WeinsteinSelf (archive footage)
Oprah WinfreySelf (archive footage)
Mira SorvinoSelf (archive footage)
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