The Red Sweater (1979)
Le Pull-over rouge
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.
- Date of release
- 1979-10-07
- TMDB
- 5.4 / 10 (17)
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Director
- Michel Drach
Casting
- Serge Avédikian — Christian Ranucci
- Michelle Marquais — Louise Mathon, la mère de Ranucci
- Claire Deluca — Mademoiselle le juge d'instruction
- Roland Bertin — Le commissaire Robiana
- Pierre Maguelon — L'inspecteur Commenci
- Roger Ibáñez — M. Garcia, le père d'Elisa
- Jean Benguigui — Charlie, le journaliste
- Georges Beller — Gilles Chard, journaliste
- Patrick Floersheim — Vincent Pasquini, le garagiste
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