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Heaven's Hell (2018)
Origin Nigeria
Genres Drama
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about families, Films about domestic violence
Actors Nse Ikpe Etim, Chet Anekwe, Damilola Adegbite, OC Ukeje, Kalu Ikeagwu, Linda Ejiofor
Custody (2018)
, 1h33Directed by Xavier Legrand
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about families, Films about domestic violence
Actors Denis Ménochet, Léa Drucker, Julien Lucas, Jean-Marie Winling, Jean-Claude Leguay
Miriam Besson (Léa Drucker) et Antoine Besson (Denis Ménochet) ont deux enfants : une fille, Joséphine (Mathilde Auneveux) sur le point d'être majeure et un fils de onze ans, Julien (Thomas Gioria). Le couple est en plein divorce. La mère veut protéger son fils et l’éloigner de son père qu’elle accuse de commettre des actes de violence sur ses enfants. Elle demande donc, lors du jugement, la garde exclusive de l’enfant, d’autant que le fils ne veut plus revoir son père. Malgré les arguments de Miriam et son avocate ainsi qu'une lettre de Julien demandant à ne plus voir son père, la juge chargée du dossier accorde une garde partagée et contraint l’enfant à passer un week-end sur deux avec son père.
Clair Obscur (2017)
, 1h45Directed by Yeşim Ustaoğlu
Origin Turquie
Genres Drama
Themes Films about domestic violence
Actors Okan Yalabık, Mehmet Kurtuluş
Chenaz, psychiatre voit arriver dans son service Elmas, 18 ans, retrouvée vivante aux côtés des corps de son mari et de sa belle-mère, suite à une intoxication au charbon.
Gerald's Game (2017)
, 1h43Directed by Mike Flanagan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Psychologie, Films about domestic violence
Actors Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Henry Thomas, Kate Siegel, Carel Struycken
Un couple part en week-end dans une maison isolée. Pour profiter de leurs ébats, le mari attache sa femme au lit avec des menottes mais soudain il a une crise cardiaque et s'effondre. Sa femme est donc livrée à elle-même toujours attachée au lit.
Endangered Species (2017)
, 1h45Directed by Gilles Bourdos
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about domestic violence
Actors Alice Isaaz, Vincent Rottiers, Grégory Gadebois, Suzanne Clément, Éric Elmosnino, Agathe Dronne
Le début du film commence par la rencontre entre Joséphine et Tomasz. Les deux jeunes mariés commencent par se disputer, Joséphine ne reconnaît pas Tomasz, l'homme change de comportement. Un an plus tard, nous découvrons l'évolution de leurs comportements et la réaction des parents de Joséphine.
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
, 2h11Directed by Mel Gibson
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about domestic violence, Political films
Actors Andrew Garfield, Vince Vaughn, Sam Worthington, Teresa Palmer, Luke Bracey, Mel Gibson
Desmond Doss, fils d'un ancien soldat de la Première Guerre mondiale, veut apporter sa pierre à l'édifice lorsqu'éclate la guerre du Pacifique. En tant qu'objecteur de conscience, il souhaite s'engager mais refuse de tuer ou de porter une arme au combat en raison de ses croyances adventistes. Après de difficiles négociations avec l'armée, il est finalement affecté au poste d'auxiliaire sanitaire.
The Perfect Guy (2015)
, 1h40Directed by David M. Rosenthal
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about families, Films about domestic violence
Actors Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy, Morris Chestnut, Charles Dutton, Kathryn Morris, Tess Harper
Successful lobbyist Leah Vaughn (Sanaa Lathan) is unhappy in her relationship with her boyfriend Dave King (Morris Chestnut), as he does not feel ready to commit to her wishes of starting a family, causing them to break up. Two months later, she ends up meeting the charming Carter Duncan (Michael Ealy), who works in IT for another company. They quickly grow close, and he manages to work his way into the hearts of her friends as well as her mother and father. On their way home from a trip to San Francisco to meet her parents, a stranger inquires Leah about Carter's Dodge Charger at a gas station. Carter viciously attacks the man before the mortified Leah, and he takes off when the station's owner orders them to leave at gunpoint. Leah decides to break up with Carter that night, distraught over his actions and his desperate attempts to apologize.
Captive (2015)
, 1h37Directed by Jerry Jameson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Prison films, Films about drugs, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Films about domestic violence
Actors Kate Mara, Michael K.Williams, David Oyelowo, Leonor Varela, Jessica Oyelowo, Mimi Rogers
On March 11, 2005, Brian Nichols (David Oyelowo) escapes from the Fulton County courthouse in Atlanta, during his trial involving a rape case. In the process of the escape he murders the judge presiding over his trial, Rowland Barnes, as well as court reporter Julie Brandau. He also shoots Sergeant Hoyt Teasley while escaping from the prison, and then Special Agent David G. Wilhelm at his home. Nichols becomes the subject of a citywide manhunt. His frantic escape brings him to the apartment of Ashley Smith (Kate Mara), a single mother and recovering methamphetamine addict, whom he holds hostage. Smith gets through this time inspired by Rick Warren's best-selling book The Purpose Driven Life, while Nichols searches for redemption. As she reads aloud, Ashley and her would-be killer come to a crossroads.
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)
, 1h42Directed by Robert Rodríguez, Frank Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about families, Feminist films, Films about suicide, Films about domestic violence, Superhero films, Gangster films
Actors Jamie Chung, Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin, Powers Boothe, Clive Owen, Rosario Dawson
Marv (Mickey Rourke) regains consciousness on a highway overlooking the Projects, surrounded by several dead young men and a crashed police car, and with no memory of how he got there. He retraces his steps, recalling that since it's Saturday, he watched Nancy Callahan (Jessica Alba) dance at Kadie's Saloon. Stepping outside, he encounters four rich frat boys burning a homeless man alive. When Marv intervenes, the leader of the frat boys shoots him in the arm, calling him "Bernini Boy," which Marv mishears as "Bernie." They flee; Marv follows, stealing a Police car on the way, which he crashes into their car, leading to his blackout and memory loss. He follows the two surviving frat boys into The Projects, the neighborhood where he grew up. With the assistance of the deadly residents lurking in the shadows, he dispatches the frat boys. He questions the leader about being called "Bernini Boy" and learns that it is the brand of coat he is wearing. After slitting the boy's throat, he considers his coat and realizes he can't remember how he acquired it.
Private Violence (2014)
, 1h20Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about families, Documentary films about law, Films about domestic violence
The film narrates the story of domestic violence survivors: Kit Gruelle, a domestic violence victim turned advocate who seeks justice for all violence survivors, and Deanna Walters, whose estranged husband Robbie kidnapped and beat her for four days in the cab of his truck but was not arrested for it.
L'Emprise (2014)
, 1h38Directed by Claude-Michel Rome
Origin France
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about domestic violence
Actors Odile Vuillemin, Marc Lavoine, Fred Testot, Sam Karmann, Micky Sébastian, Lolita Chammah
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.
Death Factory (2014)
, 1h20Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Films about domestic violence, Road movies, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Tonya Kay
While on a bus with his brother, Brian, and a dozen others, Simon has a nightmare about when he fatally clubbed his abusive father, who had killed his and Brian's mother. In a nearby ghost town, the landowner meets JB, a lawyer who wants to buy the property, primarily for its museum ("The Death Factory") dedicated to serial killers Albert Fish, John Wayne Gacy, Jack the Ripper, Jeffrey Dahmer, Ed Gein, and the Zodiac. When the landowner refuses to sell the museum along with the rest of his property, JB stabs him, then prepares an occult ritual with a Book of the Dead, and blood samples taken from the displays in the Death Factory.
Refugiado (2014)
, 1h33Directed by Diego Lerman
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about domestic violence
Actors Julieta Díaz
Buenos Aires. Un centre de loisirs pour enfants. À la fin de la journée, le garçon Matías paraît bien seul. Aurait-il été oublié par ses parents ? Une animatrice le reconduit vers son quartier, situé au cœur d'une cité populaire. Là, Matías découvre sa mère, Laura, à demi-inanimée et immobilisée, le corps et le visage gravement tuméfiés. Transportée en urgence vers un centre hospitalier, on apprend que Laura est également enceinte. La radiographie est cependant rassurante : les jours du futur bébé ne sont pas en danger. Plus tard, la jeune mère traumatisée est recueillie dans un refuge où sont rassemblées d'autres femmes, toutes victimes de violences conjugales. Un rendez-vous est fixé au tribunal. Le mari téléphone, émet des plaintes, s'excuse puis menace. Laura a peur et décide de fuir avec son fils.
Arrest Me (2013)
, 1h39Directed by Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
Origin France
Genres Thriller
Themes Feminist films, Films about domestic violence
Actors Sophie Marceau, Miou-Miou, Marc Barbé, Yann Ebonge, Jenny Clève, Dinara Droukarova
Une femme battue (Sophie Marceau) pousse son mari par la fenêtre. Après dix ans, elle décide de se rendre à la police, où elle est entendue par la lieutenant Pontoise (Miou-Miou) qui refuse de l'arrêter. Le film est un huis clos entre les deux femmes, illustré de flash-backs en caméra subjective.
House of Good and Evil (2013)
, 1h48Directed by Clint Howard
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about families, Films about domestic violence
Actors Tippi Hedren, Clint Howard, Christian Oliver, Marietta Marich
Maggie Conley has a miscarriage after an argument with her husband Chris turns physical. To save their marriage, they move to a large house in rural Virginia. There, they are met by real estate agent Rob Bradley, who explains that the house has been converted into a duplex. An quiet, elderly couple, the Andersons, rent the other half of the house. As constant storms have made public utilities prohibitively expensive, Bradley suggests that they use cell phones and a generator. After showing them the house, Bradley comes upon a locked door and offers to return in a week with the key. Later, Chris declines Maggie's offer to start the generator and insists on doing it himself. That night, Chris celebrates with mixed alcoholic drinks. Annoyed that he has resumed drinking, Maggie declines to join him in bed.