Conspiracy of Silence

• Company : RTBF
• Year : 2001
• Duration : 62'
• Author : Agnès LEJEUNE & Eric MONAMI
• Director : Agnès LEJEUNE & Eric MONAMI

Synopsis :
In May 1999, Francis Verstaen, 49, who had worked at Volkswagen for ten years, shot himself in the head at his workplace, in front of twenty or so of his colleagues. A few days later, his family declared that he had committed suicide after a work accident, which his employer refused to admit. Agnès Lejeune and Eric Monami investigated the case, interviewing his family and co-workers; reticently, people spoke out. What gradually emerged was a terrible indictment of an entire system.