The Red Sweater

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.

Country:

France

Genre:

Drama,

Crime

Duration:

120 minutes

Year:

1979

Director:

Michel Drach

)}

Company:

Gaumont

Cast:

Christian Ranucci

Louise Mathon, la mère de Ranucci

Mademoiselle le juge d'instruction

Le commissaire Robiana

L'inspecteur Commenci

Crew:

Director

Scenario Writer