Mothers Without Parole
In France, a child is killed by its mother every ten days. This is more complex than it seems. By giving a voice to some of these imprisoned women and their families, this documentary unveils an unknown, even taboo, social phenomenon.
Sofia Fischer has made her commitment to women's causes the driving force of her professional and personal life. At Le Monde and in other publications, where she has been working as a journalist for eight years, she documents the fractures within society. Mothers Without Parole is her first film. Over the course of three years, she traveled across France, visiting prison visiting rooms to listen to the stories of mothers who had killed their children. Her aim was to better understand her own story, as well as those of all these women whom society continues to overlook.
