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Jacqueline Sauvage: It Was Him or Me (2018)

Jacqueline Sauvage: It Was Him or Me poster
Original title
Jacqueline Sauvage - C'était lui ou moi
Directed by
Yves Rénier
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
16
Rating
7.7 of 10 from 121 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman endures years of abuse from her husband. One day she kills him. The story follows the events leading up to that moment and the legal battle that follows.

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What happens

Jacqueline Sauvage : C'était lui ou moi est un téléfilm dramatique français réalisé par Yves Rénier, diffusé en deux parties en 2018, en Belgique, sur La Une et, en France, sur TF1. Il s’agit de l’adaptation du livre Je voulais juste que ça s’arrête de Jacqueline Sauvage. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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