Briser le Silence is a Biography of Nathalie Simard; a woman who was sexually abused by her agent when she was a little girl
trying to make it in show business. She kept the silence for many years because her agent told her not to say anything, but she could not take it anymore so this courageous woman broke the silence and denouced this outrageous crime to the public. the crimes took place in hotel rooms in his car and while she was only 12 years old. Nathalie Simard was a popular singer at this time and so was her brother René, she even had a television show `` The Village de Nathalie`` which was watched by young children, she was idolized by everyone; but what we didn't know, that behind the scenes, she was being conned by her agent out of her money and her childhood. It takes guts and courage to come out with type of crime, because her agressor is a popular celebrity agent who has made it big in the business, but that does not stop her. One day she consults the police and with their help, they are able to book him with this terrible crime. He is now paying time in jail, but is supposed to be out soon the tabloids say, his family has been striken badly by this because his daughter is a popular televison host and has children of her own, she tries not to show it and continues to work, but this affects her too.
During the trial, the media was not allowed to show the face of the victim, for respect of the victim, but soon after, Nathalie came out and showed us that victims of this hainous crime should denounce thier aggresors, because we should not live with this. She knows that is scary to go through this process, but is important that victims should talk about it.