L'Emprise

L'Emprise

2015
1h 38m
7.7

7.7/10

163 votes • View on IMDb
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?

Status: Released

Language: FR

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Production Information

Production Companies
TF1 Films Production
Production Countries
France
Spoken Languages
German French Italian

Quick Facts

Release Date January 26, 2015
Status Released
Language FR
IMDb ID tt3983022

Cast

Odile Vuillemin
Odile Vuillemin

Alexandra Lange

Fred Testot
Fred Testot

Marcello Guillemin

Marc Lavoine
Marc Lavoine

Prosecutor Luc Frémiot

Lolita Chammah
Lolita Chammah

Brigitte

Micky Sébastian
Micky Sébastian

Judge Schneider

Robert Lange
Robert Lange

Sam Karmann

Key Crew

Claude-Michel Rome
Screenplay
Catherine Ramberg
Screenplay
Claude-Michel Rome
Producer
Claude-Michel Rome
Director

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