'Laëtitia or the end of men', the series about the murder of a young woman that shocked France

This week the series Laëtitia or the end of men will be premiered exclusively at Filmin, in which the true story of the murder of the young Laëtitia Perrais in 2011 is told. A series that premieres in May directed by the Oscar-winning Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, known for being the pioneer of true crime in the neighboring country thanks to the documentary Un coupable ideal, winner of the Oscar in 2002, The Staircase and The life of Manon, also about the truncated life of a teenager. Laëtitia or the end of men A terrible murder The young Laëtitia Perrais was 18 years old and had a twin sister, Jessica, with whom she had lived a terrible childhood marked by the violence of her biological father. For this reason, the young woman had been living seasonally in the family home, social services and foster homes. Despite her hard childhood, she had managed to become a young woman who led more or less a normal life. On the night of January 18, 2011, Laëtitia was raped, strangled and dismembered by the habitual criminal Tony Meilhon. The case had a great media coverage in France and in 2016 the historian Ivan Jablonka published the book Laëtitia or the end of men, which It can be found in our country published by the Anagrama publishing house. In the book Ivan carried out a meticulous essay with which he tried to do justice to the victim and denounce what happened in this complicated case. This series is based on the book and thanks to Jean-Xavier de Lestrade he tries to discover what happened to the unfortunate young woman.A system that does not workIn addition to telling the story and giving life to the young woman, the director wanted to reflect how the system does not he was able to guarantee the safety of a girl who suffered from childhood.The series describes the impotence of the social worker and even the police inspector who is in charge of the case. It also denounces the sensationalism of the media and the opportunism of the then president of France Nicolas Sarkozy who exploited the pain of French society. for his own benefit since what he proposed was to toughen the penalties for these crimes and accused the judges of not doing their job. They protested his words with a mobilization that paralyzed the courts of almost all of France.Laëtitia or the End of Men is an interesting fiction series by Filmin based on real events that stars actors such as Marie Colomb, Sophie Breyer, Yannick Choirat or Sam Karmann. Poor Laëtitia suffered a short life full of violence and disappointment and died without anyone being able to protect her.