L'Emprise (2015)

Release Date : 2015-01-26

Genre : Drama, TV Movie

Duration : 98 menit

Rating : ⭐ 7.6/10 (164 votes)

Actors : Odile Vuillemin, Fred Testot, Marc Lavoine, Lolita Chammah, Micky Sébastian, Robert Lange

Overview:
"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?