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Where to Watch The Red Sweater (1979)

Name: The Red Sweater
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1979-10-07
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 5.4

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.

DramaCrime 120 min 5.4/10 from 15 votes

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Cast

Serge Avédikian as Christian Ranucci
Michelle Marquais as Louise Mathon, la mère de Ranucci
Claire Deluca as Mademoiselle le juge d'instruction
Roland Bertin as Le commissaire Robiana
Pierre Maguelon as L'inspecteur Commenci