L'Emprise

The story

"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?

Cast & crew

Odile VuilleminAlexandra Lange

Fred TestotMarcello Guillemin

Marc LavoineProsecutor Luc Frémiot

Lolita ChammahBrigitte

Micky SébastianJudge Schneider

Robert Lange

Robert LangeSam Karmann