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SILENT REBELLION (À BRAS-LE-CORPS)

SILENT REBELLION (À BRAS-LE-CORPS)

Directed by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo

Fiction –

Emancipation Drama –

2025 –

Switzerland, France, Belgium –

96′

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Synopsis

15-year-old Emma, pregnant after a rape, defies her repressive rural Protestant community to carve a path of self-determination, transforming trauma into a catalyst for emancipation while confronting the moral hypocrisy of the village and the spectre of World War II around her.

Cast

Lila Gueneau, Grégoire Colin, Thomas Doret

Crew

Director – Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
Screenplay – Marie-Elsa Sgualdo, Nadine Lamari
Producers – Box Productions
Co-producers – Offshore, Hélicotron
Director of Photography – Benoit Dervaux
Editor – Karine Sudan
Music Composer – Nicolas Raboeus

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