2015-01-26 • 1h 38min
"L'emprise" is the story of a drama, adapted from the moving book-witness "Acquitted", by Alexandra Lange. The story of a mother of four children, which is found in March 2012 in the dock of the foundations of Douai for the murder of her husband. How does a woman manage to kill the father of her children with a knife? During the three days of the trial, panting narrative takes us into the daily life of Alexandra, a mother that the society has failed to protect, neither she nor her children from the control of a monster she has loved. Through this incident that made headlines and upset the public, an event movie that raises the question of the balance of justice. Will she be heard?
Tu es mon fils
The Revenge of the Siren
The Price of Fame
Fresh Bait
Entre deux mères
Pourquoi je vis
Misfit
Marion, 13 ans pour toujours
Brotherhood
That Most Important Thing: Love
Divorce French Style
Jacqueline Sauvage: It Was Him or Me
The List of My Desires
Woman Walks Ahead
Round Da Way
There Is a Light
Take My Eyes
The Great Escaper
From the Land of the Moon
The New Girlfriend
