Samber

Samber

SERIE - COMPLETED
52 min | Drama

Credits

Director: Jean-Xavier de LESTRADE
Cast: Alix POISSON, Olivier GOURMET, Julien FRISON, Jonathan TURNBULL, Noémie LVOVSKY, Clémence POESY

Synopsis

Late 80’s in Northern France, women are being sexually assaulted along the same road by the Samber river – with attacks taking place early mornings and in a similar style. The police fail to get to grips with the extent of these assaults or make a connection between the cases. The justice system is overwhelmed by the accumulating cases. It will take 30 years to catch a man, who never stopped attacking women and is responsible for at least 54 cases of rape or sexual assault. Samber is a thriller that recounts the progression of the investigation, and its repercussions from the 80’s through...

Late 80’s in Northern France, women are being sexually assaulted along the same road by the Samber river – with attacks taking place early mornings and in a similar style. The police fail to get to grips with the extent of these assaults or make a connection between the cases. The justice system is overwhelmed by the accumulating cases. It will take 30 years to catch a man, who never stopped attacking women and is responsible for at least 54 cases of rape or sexual assault. Samber is a thriller that recounts the progression of the investigation, and its repercussions from the 80’s through to 2018 and the beginning of the #metoo era.

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Director: Jean-Xavier de LESTRADE
Cast: Alix POISSON, Olivier GOURMET, Julien FRISON, Jonathan TURNBULL, Noémie LVOVSKY, Clémence POESY
Producers What's Up films (FR), Federation Studios (FR), Versus production (BE)
Distribution France Télévisions

Crew

SCREENPLAY - Alice Géraud and Marc Herpoux

DOP - Elin Kirschfink 

MUSIC - Raf Keunen

EDITING - Sophie Brunet

DECORS - Wouter Zoon

SOUND - Antoine-Basile Mercier 

General information

5x52'

Festivals

Festival de la fiction de la Rochelle 2023 / Out of competition

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