Investigates the corrupt judicial system under which Alain Mar'caux and his wife Edith were arrested on accusations of pedophilia horrific acts they never committed- and the years he spent fighting to get out of prison, clear his name and keep his family.
Acting
Torreton's physical decay across years—breathtaking, devastating.
Direction
Garenq refuses catharsis. The system barely apologizes.
Writing
Dialogue pulled from actual interrogation transcripts.
Director
Vincent Garenq
Philippe Torreton
Alain Marécaux
Wladimir Yordanoff
Maître Hubert Delarue
Noémie Lvovsky
Edith Marécaux
Raphaël Ferret
Le juge Burgaud
Michelle Goddet
Thessy, la soeur d'Alain
Farida Ouchani
Myriam Badaoui
Olivier Claverie
Le procureur
Jean-Pierre Bagot
Le père d'Alain Marécaux
Sarah Lecarpentier
Aurélie Grenon
Loris Rouah
Sébastien Marécaux
Charlotte Ghristi
Cécilé Marécaux
Noam Chemama
Jimmy Delay
Alexandre Carrière
Inspecteur de police premier interrogatoire
Jean-Pol Brissart
Président de la Chambre des huissiers
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Alain Marécaux appears in the final scene, watching his own story. He died in 2022, still fighting for victims of judicial errors.
The Outreau affair remains France's biggest judicial scandal; this film helped force 2007 reforms to pretrial detention limits.
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