Deux femmes (2022)
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Odile Vuillemin, Agathe Bonitzer, Aurélien Recoing, Nicolas Beaucaire
In 1965 Pas-de-Calais, a young judge reopens the case of a woman wrongly accused of murdering a banker.
The story
In 1965 in Pas-de-Calais, Colette Chevreau is wrongly accused of murdering a banker. Young investigating judge Anne-Marie Leroux takes over the case after becoming convinced that the investigation was conducted in a way that incriminated Colette. As Anne-Marie pursues the inquiry, the film places the case amid the feminist demands of the 1960s and 1970s, including reform of marital property laws, access to the contraceptive pill, equal pay, and the legalization of abortion.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In 1965 in Pas-de-Calais, Colette Chevreau is wrongly accused of murdering a banker. A young investigating judge, Anne-Marie Leroux, takes over the investigation after becoming convinced that it was conducted in a way that incriminated her. The film's action is set against the backdrop of the feminist demands of the 1960s and 1970s: reform of marital property laws, legalization of the use of the contraceptive pill, the principle of equal pay, and the legalization of abortion.
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