Guilty

The ordeal of Alain Marécaux, the "bailiff" of the Outreau child abuse case, who was arrested, accused of pedophiliac acts that they never committed. The film recounts the ordeal of Alain Marécaux, the "bailiff" of the Outreau child abuse case, who was arrested, along with his wife, in 2001, accused of horrendous pedophiliac acts that they never committed. It is the story of a descent into hell of an innocent man confronted with an incredibly unjust and inhumane judicial system, the story of his life and of the lives of people close to him that were crushed by one of the most important French judicial errors of our time.

Keywords

  • Behind Bars
  • Best Novels Adaptation
  • Best Novels Adaptation (home)
  • Courtroom Movies
  • justice
  • prison
  • relationship

Actors

  • Sarah Lecarpentier
  • Wladimir Yordanoff
  • Philippe Torreton
  • Noémie Lvovsky
  • Michèle Goddet
  • Olivier Claverie
  • Raphaël Ferret
  • Jean-Pierre Bagot
  • Farida Ouchani

Director

  • Vincent Garenq

Drama, Biography


1h 42min


-12

FR

France
2010
The ordeal of Alain Marécaux, the "bailiff" of the Outreau child abuse case, who was arrested, accused of pedophiliac acts that they never committed.

The ordeal of Alain Marécaux, the "bailiff" of the Outreau child abuse case, who was arrested, accused of pedophiliac acts that they never committed.


The film recounts the ordeal of Alain Marécaux, the "bailiff" of the Outreau child abuse case, who was arrested, along with his wife, in 2001, accused of horrendous pedophiliac acts that they never committed. It is the story of a descent into hell of an innocent man confronted with an incredibly unjust and inhumane judicial system, the story of his life and of the lives of people close to him that were crushed by one of the most important French judicial errors of our time.

Cast & Crew