Guilty (French: Présumé coupable, lit.'Presumed guilty') is a 2011 French drama film directed by Vincent Garenq about the Outreau trial.[2][3] Garenq was nominated for the 2012 Best Writing (Adaptation) César Award and Philippe Torreton was nominated as Best Actor.[4]

Guilty
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FrenchPrésumé coupable
Directed byVincent Garenq
Written byHubert Delarue
Serge Frydman
Vincent Garenq
Produced byChristophe Rossignon
StarringPhilippe Torreton
Noémie Lvovsky
CinematographyRenaud Chassaing
Edited byDorian Rigal-Ansous
Release date
  • 7 September 2011 (2011-09-07)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$6.1 million
Box office$3 million[1]

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The movie relates the story of Alain Marécaux, one of the defendants of the Outreau's case. Halted in november 2001 with 13 other people, wrongly accused about pedophilia acts, he has past 23 months into jail. He was obliged to sell his study of court bailiff, his wife broke up with him and he has been separated from his children before to be finally acquitted in december 2005. His mom let herself die of sadness (of hunger) during the first month of his imprisonment. He made many suicide attempts and a hunger strike and was nearly close to death at the moment of his release. Ten years later, he rebuilt himself in part: a new wife, a new study... but never achieved to recreate true links with his children.

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References

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  1. ^ "Présumé coupable (2011) - JPBox-Office".
  2. ^ Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 119. ISBN 978-1908215017.
  3. ^ "Guilty". BFI. Archived from the original on 10 April 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Palmarès 2012 - 37 ème cérémonie des César". Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
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