The Red Sweater

Name: The Red Sweater
Released: 1979-10-07

1979· 2h 0m· Crime· Drama

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.

1979-10-07

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DirectorMichel Drach

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Details

Released1979-10-07

Runtime2h 0m

StatusReleased

StudiosGaumont

LanguagesFrench

CountriesFrance

Rating5.5/10 · 16 votes

Original languagefr

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