L'Emprise est un téléfilm dramatique biographique franco-belge réalisé par Claude-Michel Rome en 2014, et diffusé en janvier 2015.
Synopsis
L'Emprise raconte le calvaire qu'a vécu Alexandra Lange, une femme battue par son mari Marcello Guillemin pendant quatorze ans, et qu'elle a raconté dans son autobiographie Acquittée.
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, 1h37 Directed byJoseph Ruben OriginUSA GenresDrama, Thriller, Crime ThemesFilms about families, Feminist films, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about domestic violence, Films about psychiatry, Erotic thriller films, Children's films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film ActorsJulia Roberts, Patrick Bergin, Kevin Anderson, Kyle Secor, Claudette Nevins, Marita Geraghty Rating63% Laura Burney (Julia Roberts) lives in a beautiful home by the beach on Cape Cod with her husband, Martin Burney (Patrick Bergin), a charming, handsome and wealthy investment counselor who is also possessive, abusive, and controlling. It becomes apparent that he has obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD). Laura tries to abide his rules, but suffers under the strain of doing so. One day, Martin believes Laura has been flirting with an attractive neighbor, and he physically assaults her in a jealous rage. The abuse has been ongoing, and started immediately after their wedding. In an effort to escape Martin, Laura plans and fakes her own death at sea in a storm while the couple are boating. Because Laura had deliberately led Martin to believe that she could not swim, he believed she had died once she was lost overboard. However, Laura was able to swim safely to shore, because she had recently taken swimming lessons at the YWCA. Laura secretly returns home, retrieves some clothing and cash she had hidden away in preparation, disguises herself, and leaves home after flushing her wedding ring down the toilet.
Directed byPaul Shapiro GenresDrama, Crime ThemesFilms about families, Films about domestic violence ActorsMary Stuart Masterson, Anthony LaPaglia, Will Rothhaar, Sam Robards, Sabrina Grdevich, Beau Starr Rating61% The story centers around Frances Benedetto (Mary Stuart Masterson), a victim of domestic violence. The movie follows Frances's relationship to her increasingly abusive NYCPD officer husband (played by Anthony LaPaglia), who has the police force on his side, and her eventual escape to Florida with her son (played by Will Rothaar). Eventually her husband finds them and attacks her. Her son's sports coach comes to the house when she does not pick her son up from practice on time and finds her beaten and bruised in the hallway. Meanwhile, her husband kidnaps their son. Five years later, she has married the coach and has a daughter, although she has never found her son. Her son meets up with his aunt by chance on the street, and Frances (her name now changed to Beth) receives a phone call from him.
, 1h35 Directed byGraeme Campbell OriginUSA GenresDrama, Crime ThemesFilms about families, Films about domestic violence ActorsJohn Ritter, Harley Jane Kozak, Kevin Dunn, Gina Philips, Susan Gibney, James McDaniel Rating62% Paul Hegstrom (Ritter) is a seriously disturbed family man who puts his wife and children through physical, mental, and emotional abuse. Drawing what he calls "courage" through a whiskey bottle, he severely beats his wife, Judy (Harley Jane Kozak) until one day his eldest daughter Tammy confronts him. Paul leaves the family home and moves in with his mistress, Beth French (Gibney) but hospitalizes her a short while later following another one of his violent rages. To avoid having to spend time in jail, Paul is forced to get psychological help to be able to overcome his problems.