15-year-old Emma — pregnant after a rape — defies her repressive rural Protestant community in Switzerland to carve a path of self-determination, transforming trauma into a catalyst for emancipation while confronting the moral hypocrisy of the village and the specter of World War II around her.
Presented at the Venice Film Festival.
À Bras-le-corps
2025
97 min.
Fiction
Switzerland, Belgium, France
Switzerland, Belgium, France, motherhood, female-centric, female directors, war, family drama, sexual violence, feminism, repression, international film festivals, youth
Colorido
Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
Nadine Lamari, Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
Benoit Dervaux
Karine Sudan
Lila Gueneau, Grégoire Colin, Thomas Doret, Aurélia Petit, Sandrine Blancke, Sasha Gravat, Cyril Metzger
Elena Tatti, Nicolas Wittwer
Box Productions, Hélicotronc, Offshore
Nicolas Rabæus
Salaud Morisset
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