After a long journalistic investigation into such worrying social problems as incest and violence in the schools, our journalists chose to replace the usual documentary by a “fiction” film with actors and a script based on real events. This approach enabled them to avoid direct involvement of the people who lived through such painful events. Their privacy and dignity are safe, for their experiences can be disclosed in general terms.Fiction based on reality seems also to enjoy a wider audience than pure fiction films dealing with more common subjects or, indeed, trivializing serious ones. This program is part of a larger project involving the coproduction of 18 plays with the French FR3. WIFE TO MY FATHER was awarded the 1993 Community of French Television prize in the category “telefilms”.