The system meant to save kids—revealed in raw, unflinching detail.
A direct, uncompromising look into the complex machinery of Quebec’s youth protection services (known as the DPJ). https://lustitia.com/en/productions/dpj/
Direction
Sylvestre's fly-on-wall access feels almost illegal.
Editing
No narration, just raw institutional machinery grinding.
Director
Guillaume Sylvestre
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Quebec's DPJ operates under unique civil code provisions, making this a rare window into a distinctly Québécois institutional crisis.
Sylvestre spent 18 months embedded before filming—caseworkers only agreed after he promised no faces of children.
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