
Aline Issermann's "Shades of Doubt" ("L'Ombre du Doute"), a French film about a wrenching family crisis, is set forth with remarkable restraint. The subject is incest, but the story's potential for tawdriness is never exploited. Instead, Ms. Issermann presents a discreet, methodical account of how 12-year-old Alexandrine comes to bring and then recant charges against her father, Jean.

as Mother

as Father

as Alexandrine

as Grandfather

as Grandmother

as Pierre

as Judge

as Alexandrine's Teacher

as Alexandrine's Lawyer

as Maître Toussaint / l'avocat de Jean

as Therapist