The Red Sweater

Name: The Red Sweater
Director: Michel Drach
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1979-10-07
Duration: 120 min
Cast: Serge Avédikian, Michelle Marquais, Claire Deluca, Roland Bertin, Pierre Maguelon

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1979 · 120 min · Drama · Crime · TMDB 5.4/10

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.

Directed by Michel Drach

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