The Red Sweater
Le Pull-over rouge
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.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
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Pierre Agil
Un gardien des Baumettes
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Paul Anrieu
Le chef de la police
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Serge Avedikian
Christian Ranucci
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Gil Baladou
Carlini
Christian Baltauss
L'avocat des Garcia
Jean Barney
Me Paolini
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Reine Bartève
Mme Andrieux, la femme qui a vu l'homme au pull-over rouge
Georges Beller
Gilles Chard, journaliste
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Laurent Benoit
L'adjudant-chef de la gendarmerie
Jean Benguigui
Charlie, journaliste
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Jean-Louis d' Onorio
Composer
Jean Boffety
Cinematographer