Arrêtez-moi (2013)

Directed by

Jean-Paul Lilienfeld

Genre

crime film, thriller film, flashback film

Country

France, Luxembourg

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

PG12

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 45 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman walks into a police station and confesses to killing her abusive husband years ago. The police officer interviewing her struggles to understand why she came forward now and feels reluctant to arrest her as she learns more about her life.

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What happens

Arrêtez-moi (Stop Me) is a 2013 French thriller film directed by Jean-Paul Lilienfeld and starring Sophie Marceau, Miou-Miou, and Marc Barbé. Written by Jean-Paul Lilienfeld and Jean Teulé, the film is about a woman who shows up at a police station and confesses to the murder of her abusive husband several years earlier. The female police officer who interviews her cannot understand why this woman who was never a suspect has come forward after all this time. The more she learns about the woman's life, the less she wants to arrest her. Arrêtez-moi was released on 6 February 2013 in France. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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