The Pelicot trial is undoubtedly the most publicised and discussed, and also the most symbolic, of our time. As in a sociological study, it shows that in a perfectly normal Western European city – the small town of Mazan in the south of France, close to Avignon – perfectly ordinary men from all social classes and age groups are capable of perhaps the most extreme crime: the repeated rape of an unconscious woman. "Shame must change sides": Gisèle Pelicot's decision to make her trial public made her a symbolic figure of a possible turning point. With a staged reading of statements and examinations from the trial, interviews and newspaper commentaries, pleas, expert opinions and online chats, the reading night THE PELICOT TRIAL pays tribute to Gisèle Pelicot. In collaboration with the Pelicot family's lawyers, the court, psychological experts, court reporters, witnesses and feminist groups, dramaturge Servane Dècle and director Milo Rau paint a picture of an entire era.