The Red Sweater

Michel Drach
1979-10-07


5.5
120 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Serge Avédikian Christian Ranucci Unowned
Michelle Marquais Louise Mathon, la mère de Ranucci Unowned
Claire Deluca Mademoiselle le juge d'instruction Unowned
Roland Bertin Le commissaire Robiana Unowned
Pierre Maguelon L'inspecteur Commenci Unowned
Roger Ibáñez M. Garcia, le père d'Elisa Unowned
Jean Benguigui Charlie, le journaliste Unowned
Georges Beller Gilles Chard, journaliste Unowned
Patrick Floersheim Vincent Pasquini, le garagiste Unowned