La Machine

La Machine (1977)

Pierre Lentier murders an 8-year-old in horrendous circumstances. This 30-something solitary factory worker who lives on the edge of society is sentenced to death. A damning indictment of the death penalty and the manipulative behaviour of the media.

Date of release
1977-09-17
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Crime, Drama
Director
Paul Vecchiali

Casting

Interesting facts

The Machine is a 1977 French legal drama film directed by Paul Vecchiali. Centered on a child murder case, the film functions as a critique of capital punishment, which was then a subject of controversy in France prior to its 1981 abolition. The title refers to the social mechanism that leads to a man being sentenced to death and executed.

Production

Filming took place between 22 January and 16 March 1977.

Vecchiali, who aimed to make a statement against the death penalty but did not wish the film's narrative to be too one-sided, wrote only minimal dialogue, providing the actors with a canvas and giving them the freedom to conceive backgrounds for their own characters and ad-lib much of their lines.

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