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L'Emprise
Top 6 Billed Cast
Odile Vuillemin
Alexandra Lange
Fred Testot
Marcello Guillemin
Marc Lavoine
Prosecutor Luc Frémiot
Lolita Chammah
Brigitte
Micky Sébastian
Judge Schneider
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"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?
Release Date
2015-01-26
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7.664
Rating:
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