The Red Sweater
5.4
17 votes
October 7, 1979
2h 0m
Drama
Crime
Overview
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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In United States
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Cast
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 garagisteMore like this
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