This Is My Body

Jérôme Clément-Wilz was sexually abused as a child by a priest. In this deeply personal film, he tries to search for clues in his memories and come to terms with the complicity of his former social environment.

Jérôme Clément-Wilz: ‘When I file a complaint against the former priest Olivier de Scitivaux, I compulsively pick up the camera. I’ve forgotten everything about my childhood, and my parents are entangled in denial. I didn’t expect the procedure to take so long. Above all, I never thought I’d ask myself one day: what happened to my body? And who knew?’  

In a cinematic gesture in the first person, both intimate and political, This is My Body examines the micro-histories that make up rape culture, memory as an unfathomable drawer.