The Sessions
Sien Versteyhe Belgium 2025 71 min.
A young student begins to rebuild her life through trauma therapy after experiencing sexual violence at the hands of someone she trusted. Outside of her therapy sessions she speaks to nearly no one about what she went through. With intimacy and restraint you follow a woman's struggle to talk to her abuser and above all: to restore the trust in herself and the world around her.
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Director Sien Versteyhe, who got an honourable mention at DOCVILLE in 2012 for her documentary Junior, now returns with a documentary about an extremely important, but painful topic: how do you move on after being a victim of sexual violence? We follow a student – who remains unrecognizable – in the months after filing her report: the therapy sessions, but also the numerous phone calls to the court of justice. An impressive look into the world of a victim in the long and difficult healing process after sexual violence. Versteyhe captures this complex process characterized by feelings of fear, anger, sadness, uncertainty and frustration with a lot of respect and serenity.
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Traumaverwerking na seksueel geweld
This DOCVILLE PLUS follows after the screening of zo 22/03 in Cinema ZED Vesalius, you don't need an extra ticket.
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Credits
Director
Sien Versteyhe
Producer
Wouter Sap
Cinematography
Sien Versteyhe
Camera
Jolke Van Aerde
Editing
Dieter Diependaele
Music
Patricia Vanneste
Sound
Thomas Vertongen
Sales
Dalton Distribution
Post Producer
Bram Versteyhe
Sound design
Thomas Vertongen
Colorist
Veerle Zeelmaekers
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Dialogues
Dutch
Subtitling
English
