''Arrêtez-moi'' (Stop Me) is a 2013 French thriller film directed by Jean-Paul Lilienfeld and starring

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, and Marc Barbé. Written by Jean-Paul Lilienfeld and Jean Teulé, the film is about a woman who shows up at a police station and confesses to the murder of her abusive husband several years earlier. The female police officer who interviews her cannot understand why this woman who was never a suspect has come forward after all this time. The more she learns about the woman's life, the less she wants to arrest her. ''Arrêtez-moi'' was released on 6 February 2013 in France.

Cast

as La coupable *

as Pontoise * Marc Barbé as Jimmy * Yann Ebonge as Joliveau * Valérie Bodson as Madeleine * Julie Maes as Brigitte * Arthur Buyssens as Cédric (17 ans) ** Vadim Goudsmits as Cédric (7 ans) * Thomas Coumans as Pontoise's friend *

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as The guardian

Production

''Arrêtez-moi'' was filmed on location in

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, France.

Reception

Accolades

The film received a

Lumière Awards The Lumière Awards (), officially the Lumières de la presse internationale, are French film awards presented by the to honor the best in the French-speaking cinema of the previous year. The awards ceremony is organized by the Académie des ...

nomination for Best Screenplay (Jean-Paul Lilienfeld).

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arretez-moi 2013 films French crime thriller films 2010s French-language films 2013 crime thriller films Films set in France Films shot in France 2010s French films French-language crime thriller films