A Family is an autobiographical documentary by Christine Angot, the acclaimed author behind the source material for Claire Denis's Both Sides of the Blade (2021) and Catherine Corsini's An Impossible Love (2018), and recipient of the prestigious Prix Médicis. Angot, whose autobiographical works have sparked shock and controversy by revealing the sexual abuse she endured at the hands of her biological father, returns to Strasbourg for a book-related event. There, she finds herself standing before the door of her childhood home. On the other side is her stepmother, the wife of her deceased father—a woman who was a bystander to Angot's suffering and now disputes Angot's status as solely a victim. What sets this film apart is Angot's compelling use of the camera. Having already published autobiographical novels, Angot wields the camera in her directorial debut as a tool of both command and appeal. She enters her stepmother's house, camera in hand, urging her to acknowledge the truth. The camera also serves as a catalyst, prompting Angot's ex-husband, Claude, to reflect on the sexual violence he experienced in his youth, and helping her daughter, Léonore, to understand and empathize with her mother's trauma. The counter-narrative enacted by victims who are expected to remain silent and forget inevitably invites controversy and dissent. The courage to confront the discomfort arising from this confrontation stands as one of the most essential virtues of documentary filmmaking.