The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
The action takes place in a typical French town in the early sixties, at the end of the Algerian war. In a fit of criminal madness, a married, affluent and respected town-citizen named Gregoire Duval kills a young woman who spurns his advances. As no one witnesses him committing this crime, he chooses to remain silent while the girl's boyfriend, a young Algerian farm worker, is wrongly convicted. In a strange twist of fate, the killer becomes one of the jurors of the trial and suddenly does everything in his power to defend the wrongly accused young man.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
22 audience votes
Key crew
- Édouard NiermansDirector
- Francis DidelotWriter
- Didier Le PêcheurWriter
- Bruno CoulaisOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jean-Pierre DarroussinGrégoire Duval
- Isabelle HabiagueGeneviève Duval
- Pascal ElsoCapitaine Valard
- Igor MendjiskyLaurent Duval
- Éric NaggarLe juge Hoppenot
- Lahcen RazzouguiKhader Boualam
- Jean-Yves ChatelaisLabory