Plot Summary:"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?
法国家庭主妇容忍初恋丈夫虐打14年,因丈夫殴打女儿忍无可忍将丈夫杀死。最终法庭宣判无罪。改编自真实的故事。 L'Emprise raconte le calvaire qu'a vécu Alexandra Lange, une femme battue par son mari pendant quatorze ans, et qu'elle a raconté dans son autobiographie Acquittée