L'Emprise (2015)
"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?
Director:
Claude-Michel Rome
Writers:
Catherine Ramberg, Claude-Michel Rome.
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Odile Vuillemin as Alexandra Lange |
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Fred Testot as Marcello Guillemin |
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Marc Lavoine as Prosecutor Luc Frémiot |
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Lolita Chammah as Brigitte |
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Micky Sébastian as Judge Schneider |
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Robert Lange as Sam Karmann |
| Writing | Alexandra Lange | Novel |
| Camera | Alain Ducousset | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Stéphanie Mahet | Editor |
| Writing | Catherine Ramberg | Screenplay |
| Writing | Claude-Michel Rome | Screenplay |
| Editing | Jérôme Bréau | Editor |
| Production | Claude-Michel Rome | Producer |
| Directing | Claude-Michel Rome | Director |
