WAAN YAAT – SUR UNE TERRE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE

This film retraces one of the bloody episodes of the “Events” in New Caledonia. On December 5th 1984, in Waan Yaat, in the Hienghene valley, a trap was set by settlers terrified by the risk of being chased off “their” land, some independentists are victims of an ambush resulting in 10 dead, 5 wounded. The murderers admit the facts and the justice system absolves them. But is forgiveness possible?