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Woman Under Influence

Woman Under Influence (2015)★ 6.9/10

FR,BE · 98 min · January 13, 2015

  • Drama
  • Biography

Directed by: Claude-Michel Rome

Written by: Claude-Michel Rome, Alexandra Lange, Catherine Ramberg

"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?

Directed by

Claude-Michel Rome

Written by

Claude-Michel RomeAlexandra LangeCatherine Ramberg

Cast & crew

Odile VuilleminAlexandra LangeFred TestotMarcello GuilleminMarc LavoineLe procureur Luc FrémiotSam KarmannRobert LangeLolita ChammahBrigitteMicky SébastianLa juge SchneiderRaphaëlle LubansuAvocate 1Laura SépulAvocate 2Erico SalamoneRudyFabienne MainguetJohanneTania GarbarskiCommandant de policeAnnick JohnsonSylvieRosalia CuevasAssistante socialeClaudio Dos SantosMédecin psyIngrid HeiderscheidtMédecin légisteRosario AmedeoBrigadier chefThomas DemarezYann LangeViolette SanchezJessica 13 ansTitouan AquilinaJosé, 11 ansFabrice GodfroidJuréVincent PannetierPolicier de la Brigade des MineursLohen Van HoutteKévin à 4 ansNell Van HoutteSabrinaCédric ConstantinKévin (uncredited)