Summaries

A film version of author Gilles Perrault's best-selling book about the 1976 trial and execution of Christian Ranucci, the youth who was convicted with extremely inconclusive evidence of murdering an eight-year-old girl in Southern France. The publicity the book and film helped abolish capital punishment in France in 1981.—T P Uschanov <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • based on novel
  • death penalty
Genres
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • History
Release date Nov 6, 1979
Countries of origin France
Language French
Production companies Gaumont Port Royal Films

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 2h
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.66 : 1

Synopsis

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