The Red Sweater (1979)
Drama
Crime
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
Christian Ranucci
Louise Mathon, la mère de Ranucci
Mademoiselle le juge d'instruction
Le commissaire Robiana
L'inspecteur Commenci
M. Garcia, le père d'Elisa
Charlie, le journaliste
Gilles Chard, journaliste
Vincent Pasquini, le garagiste
Crew
Director
Scenario Writer