# Custody (2018)

> A divorced family’s custody dispute becomes a tightly controlled descent into domestic terror when a father’s respectable public image conceals a history of abuse.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/306844

## Facts

- Runtime: 93 min
- Genres: Drama, Thriller
- Director: Xavier Legrand
- Cast: Léa Drucker, Denis Ménochet, Thomas Gioria, Mathilde Auneveux, Mathieu Saikaly, Florence Janas, Saadia Bentaïeb, Sophie Pincemaille
- TMDB rating: 7.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6002232/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: harrowing, oppressive, intimate, serious film night, social issue cinema viewing

## Synopsis

A gripping tale of a father's desperate quest for custody reveals dark truths lurking beneath the surface.

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