Who has never heard of pregnancy denial? This condition, often caused by miscellaneous circumstances, escapes our understanding and even science. How can the mind of a pregnant woman hide a child growing in her body?

“And yet we were all blind” tells the intimate story of Claire, a brilliant young woman, a mother of two children, who leads a well-balanced life with her husband. When the police find a new-born near their house who is believed to be Claire’s, their lives are thrown into turmoil. Claire claims she didn’t know she was pregnant. A thorough double investigation is initiated, where Claire is defended by her best friend and lawyer Sophie: the aim is to understand the devious behaviour of the body and the state of unconsciousness in which Claire was at the time of delivery.

Fiction allows us to take a step aside, to deal with this sensitive subject without hiding the consequences, while questioning the possible deviations in or loss of wits in a woman in denial. Extensively documented and relying on the testimonies of various experts, Beatrice Pollet directs this judicial thriller with great finesse, without seeking to find a common explanation for this highly complex subject, but instead shedding light on another taboo with which the woman's body is confronted.

Sémira Hedayati