Synopsis
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.
Movie Information
- Director
- Michel Drach
- Release Year
- 1979
- Runtime
- 120 minutes
- Genre
- Drama, Crime
- Language
- FR
- Country
- France
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 5.4 / 10 (17 votes)
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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.
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