Assailed (2023)

Assailed is the story of a young married man, Tristan who graduates as an engineer but has difficulties getting a job. Even though he has a child and a wife to care for, he is unable to land a job since employers either say he is overqualified, or he needs more years of experience. Moving the streets of Yaoundé with the hope to find a job, he is cornered by a young woman who offers to give him a job as a handyman. Not in his skill set, yet he accepts the job since he has bills to pay and a family to look out for. His boss is very good to him though her stepdaughter hates his guts. Life becomes so smooth, and Tristan is able to move with his family to a more comfortable house. He lives happily with his wife Rachel, but things quickly go south when his boss starts sexually harassing him and blackmails him to bed her. She forces him day in day out and his mental state deteriorates so bad that he becomes violent with his wife. Unable to tell her what is wrong and also needing the job to care for his family, he is caught between leaving the job and having his family live in mystery and staying in the job and having his family tear apart.