Custody (2016)

Directed by

James Lapine

Genre

trial film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

6

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 54 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A judge oversees a custody case for a mother whose children were taken after domestic violence. The story follows the legal battle and the people involved in the courtroom.

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What happens

Custody is a 2016 American courtroom drama film directed and written by James Lapine. The film stars Viola Davis as a judge who presides over the custody case of a Latina woman named Sara (Catalina Sandino Moreno) whose children are taken away after an episode of domestic violence. Hayden Panettiere plays the lawyer given Sara's case, with Ellen Burstyn, Selenis Leyva, Olga Merediz, Dan Fogler, Raúl Esparza, and Tony Shalhoub in other roles. Custody was filmed in New York City in May 2015. The film world premiered in the Spotlight section of the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival. The film premiered on Lifetime on March 4, 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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