IMDb
6.9 /10
319 votes


Drama · TV Movie · 2015 · 1h 38min
"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?
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IMDb
6.9 /10
319 votes
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TMDB
7.7 /10
163 votes
Letterboxd
7.0 /10
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Weighted average
7.2/10