Do you mind if I am only 12 years old?
This is a striking slogan on the poster of the Czech documentary "Caught in the Net" (temporary translation) .
"Falling in the French Open" was released locally on February 27, which caused great controversy. In the film, three adult actors pretended to be "12-year-old girls" on real social platforms. communicated with adult male netizens and video chats, revealing The horrible reality- At least 2,458 potential sex offenders contacted the actors within 10 days, many of whom were older than 60 years old.
"Do you mind if I am only 12 years old?" The perfect fishing trap
"The Voice of Germany" (DW) reported that "Falling into the French Open" exposes the process of sexual exploitation of children on the Internet. The 27-year-old co-director of the film Ha Barbora Chalupova pointed out that sex offenders will find people on the Internet and ask girls to have video sex with them, post nudity photos, or go out on dates; in some cases, sex offenders will provide girls with money , As a reward.
"This phenomenon occurs behind the door of a child's bedroom." In order to fully demonstrate the process of potential sexual offenders contacting children, "we have to choose to do this," said Harupova.
Czech documentary "Falling to the French Open" (taken from You Tube)
director 3 "children" adult actresses are invited to pretend to be 12-year-old "girls". They put on childish costumes, appeared almost without makeup, and spoke very well. Like a little girl. The producer rebuilt the bedroom of adolescent girls in a large film studio, and the actors brought their childhood soft toys and souvenirs to the studio to increase the authenticity of the bedroom.
The film took nearly three years of preparation and only took 10 days to shoot. The documentary producer asked many professionals in the field of cybercrime for consultation, including child helpline operators, sex criminologists, lawyers, and police. The crew specifically studied the actual conversations between sex offenders and victims in the past, and assisted actors in understanding how sex offenders dig traps to lure children into the bait . The crew of
set the rules for communication between "girls" and netizens, mentioning that they must clearly inform each other "I'm only 12 years old"; when the other party makes an obvious sexual request or "dating for the purpose of dating", "girl" Must express reluctance. Therefore, whenever a netizen asks a "girl" for video, dating, or sex, the actor will ask the other person this question: "Do you mind if I am only 12 years old?"
The Czech documentary "Caught in the French" Net, tentative translation) (taken from You Tube)
"girls" met potential sex offenders in a Prague cafe, and hid a camera opportunity to secretly film their conversations, while other staff hid in the cafe to protect them Personal safety. Harupova said that on one occasion, a male netizen brought another adult woman. The development of the situation caught the whole crew by surprise. "The woman asked the'girl' if she had menstruation and realized that she was still a'virgin'. "She knows the level of sexual psychological development of "girls", she still asks: "Would you like to go threesome with us?" Director
: The methods of sex offenders become more aggressive
"Falling into the French Open" clearly It shows that the aggressive methods taken by sex offenders are obviously more escalated. When actors send nude photos (post-produced) according to their requirements, they actually threaten actors with photos in turn. 39-year-old co-director Vit Klusak pointed out: “What shocked us was that during the shooting process, whenever we thought we saw the worst, worse things would happen. continued After the transmission of child pornography, bestiality pornography appeared. Then there were threats and blackmail." The
documentary team tried their best to protect the safety and mental health of the three young actors. One of the actors is Bidadova (Anezka PitHartova) is only 22 years old. She said that she did not regret participating in this project, but she never wanted to experience it again, because after the shooting, she endured an unforgettable shadow and decided to receive psychological treatment. She said: "Some things that didn't bother me so much, now make me very painful, like if someone keeps watching me or molesting me aggressively."
Czech documentary "Falling into France" (Caught in the Net, tentative translation) (taken from You Tube)
The legal and moral issues of the documentary "Fishing"
Before the documentary was broadcast, it was criticized a lot, and some criticized that the documentary "Fishing" had legal and moral issues. In the finished documentary, the faces of male netizens were covered by post-made "masks", but the documentary team chose not to change their voices. The staff have also complied with the requirements of the Czech police and provided the authorities with all video evidence related to illegal acts.
Korusak said that the original intention of the documentary group was to spark discussion in the entire society, hoping that people can learn in detail what kind of dangers sexual offenders skilled in online sexual exploitation may pose to young people. He emphasized: "Our purpose is not to arrest anyone and report it to the police. But (during the filming process), we didn’t know what terrible things were waiting ahead. So in the end we had to let the police intervene. Because we have witnessed many crimes." The
"Falling to the French Open" documentary team has assisted the police in investigating multiple suspicious elements. So far, 10 people have been under criminal investigation, including one woman, who have been accused of sexual coercion, trafficking in pornography , Abuse of children in the process of making pornography. One man has been sentenced to probation. The extremely explicit images in the
"Falling into the French Open" film have been mosaicked, but there were still many news reporters showing surprised expressions at the premiere on February 27, apparently shocked by the content of the documentary. According to the American entertainment film review magazine Variety (Variety), although the producers said that they had no choice but to hand the evidence to the Czech police, the documentary was actually required to "collaborate" with law enforcement officers, which would give the documentary The world sounded the moral alarm.
"Variety" added: "But through this kind of reality TV show, they really strongly show that these guys will have contact with any adolescent girl who has a social media account. The range is terrifying. This is one This is an amazing achievement." The
"Tutoring Twelve-year-old" version will become the textbook for teenagers
The producer of " Falling into the French Open" also provides a "twelve-year-old tutoring" version with less explicit pictures as the textbook , of which The practical advice , which includes actors, has recently been screened in various parts of the Czech Republic, inviting young audiences across the country to watch and discuss with actors and directors. Bidadova, one of the actors of
, said that judging from the results of post-screening discussions so far, young audiences trust the protagonists of the documentary. The actor said: "I tried to tell them that communicating with real people in real life is better than communicating with strangers on the Internet." The full version of "Falling in France" will be held at the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival in March ( Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival) for the international premiere.
