あらすじ
On 22 February 1996, the French newspaper "Le Monde" reported the acquittal of a young mother tried for stealing meat from a supermarket near Poitiers.
The acquittal drew on the concept of "dire need," an old judicial precedent also "the right to bread." The newspaper article concluded with the opinion that the "verdict was just and humane."
A few days afterwards, the public prosecuter appealed.
Two months later, the initial verdict was rescinded on appeal. The young mother was found guilty-as-charged and sentenced.
Françoise Barnier, the film's heroine, is also a mother.
She, too, once committed a theft.
Her situation was critical, but no more so than usual. She was not in debt. She had always rejected the degradation of unmanageable debt and reliance on charity, and had struggled to live according to the rules laid down by society and the law. But that day, she stole. Trapped in a dead-end life of endless frustration and deprivation, she chose to commit an act of violence, futility,...
クレジット
Director (1)
俳優 (21)
映画製作・配給会社 (1)
- 製作代表 : Agat Films - Ex nihilo
クレジットタイトル詳細 (17)
- 製作代表 : Gilles Sandoz
- Screenwriters : Claire Devers, Jean-Louis Benoît
- Director of photography : Hélène Louvart
- 作曲家 : Béatrice Thiriet
- Assistant director : Julie Gavras
- Editors : Marie Castro, Monica Coleman
- 録音技師 : Laurent Poirier
- Costume designer : Anne David
- 音声アシスタント : Vincent Goujon
- 撮影技師アシスタント : Loïc Savouré
- 製作部長 : Pascal Bonnet
- 音声編集担当 : Raphaël Girardot
- Assistant editor : Hélène Noir
- スクリプト : Sylvie Koechlin
- 装飾 : Jean Castelnau
- Sound mixer : Anne Le Campion
- 演出助手 : Dimitri Billecocq
技術面詳細
- タイプ : 長編映画
- ジャンル : フィクション
- サブジャンル : ドラマ
- テーマ : 裁判, 事件
- 言語 : フランス語
- その他の国の共同制作者 : フランス (100.0%)
興行収入・公開作品
ニュース&アワード
映画祭でのセレクション (5)
BFI London Film Festival
イギリス, 2000
長編映画公式セレクション