Italy / Sep 01, 2025 / Venice Film Festival
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Joëlle Fretz | mère de Paul |
| Aurélien Patouillard | Jean |
| Tamara Semelet | Nicole |
| Roland Vouilloz | père de Paul |
Genres
DramaHistory
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | À bras-le-corps |
| Original language | Français (FR) |
| Spoken languages | Français |
| Production countries | Switzerland, Belgium, France |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Box Productions, Hélicotronc, Offshore, RTS, Proximus, RTBF |
| Release date | 29 gennaio 2026 |
| Production | Elena Tatti, Nicolas Wittwer, Julie Esparbes, Emmanuelle Latourette, Fabrice Préel-Cléach |
| Writer | Nadine Lamari, Marie-Elsa Sgualdo |
| Casting | Minna Prader, Marie-Elsa Sgualdo, Sebastiàn Moradiellos |
| Editing | Karine Sudan, Chiara Pontuali |
| Cinematography | Benoît Dervaux, César Cadene, Alan Du Pasquier, Anatole Mandroyan, Davy Meunier, Maxime Raymond, Jérémy Tondeur |
| Assistant directors | Marc Daniel Gerber, Louis Morier-Genoud, Emmanuelle Reymond, Marie-Elsa Sgualdo |
| Lighting | Antoine Bellem, Antoine Buisson, Mathieu Werlen |
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Release dates
Premiere
Egypt / Nov 13, 2025 / Cairo International Film Festival
Switzerland / Jan 23, 2026 / Solothurner Filmtage
Belgium / Jan 31, 2026 / Ostend Film Festival
Theatrical release
Switzerland / Jan 29, 2026 / 12
Italy / Apr 02, 2026
France / Jun 03, 2026
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