Breach of Trust (2017 film)


Breach of Trust is a 2017 Cameroonian film featuring actors from UK, Cameroon and Nigeria which explores perceptions of incest as a taboo and views of perpetrators. The film is produced by Roseline Fonkwa.

Plot

Breach of Trust tells us the story of the lives of two families who try to live a normal life but unfortunately one of the family members in each households sexually abuses these young girls. These abusers and parents are in a position of trust but they choose to sexually abuse their young family members. It an epic story that explores how we perceive incest as a taboo and instead of addressing it and dealing with it, standing up to the abusers, protecting the victims, support the victims to stand up to their abusers and put an end to the abuse or the cycle, it is instead concealed due to societal pressures, fear, guilt, not knowing whom to talk to, where to get support from, feeling threatened, wanting to protect the abusers image, reputation, family name and even the fear of not being believed. The feelings are numerous and as a society, most people have chosen to keep this form of abuse as a secret leaving the victims and others to suffer as well as letting the abusers carry out repeated acts of failing to get treatment.

Cast

Breach of Trust was released on 9 June 2017.

Reception

The movie was premiered at the Odeon Cinemas Greenwich London. Celebrity website fabafriq described the movie as "the revolutionary movie set to change the face of Cameroon Movie Industry."
The movie was premiere in Douala on October 21, 2017.