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Director:
Bertrand Tavernier
Writers:
Jean Aurenche (writer)
Pierre Bost (writer)
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Release Date:
August 1979 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | History more
Plot:
France, 1893. Joseph Bouvier, a former Sergeant in the French military, shoots his beloved and attempts to kill himself... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
A film I have always wanted to see more (6 total)

Cast

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Philippe Noiret ... Judge Rousseau
Michel Galabru ... Sgt. Joseph Bouvier

Isabelle Huppert ... Rose
Jean-Claude Brialy ... Villedieu, Attorney
Renée Faure ... Mme. Rousseau
Cécile Vassort ... Louise Leseuer
Jean-Roger Caussimon ... Street Singer
Jean Bretonnière ... Deputy
François Dyrek ... Released Tramp
Monique Chaumette ... Louise's Mother
Yves Robert ... Prof. Degueldre
Jean Amos ... Le gardien-chef
Gilbert Bahon ... Traveler
Arlette Bonnard ... Farm Girl With Soup
Liza Braconnier ... Hospital Nun
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Judge and the Assassin
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Runtime:
128 min
Country:
France
Language:
French
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Argentina:16
Filming Locations:
Ardèche, France more
Company:
Lira Films more

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10 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
A film I have always wanted to see, 28 November 2005
Author: theowinthrop from United States

I can't make a real judgment on this film, although the other reviews are rave ones. I just want to add that the story is based on an actual case of the 1890s in France. Joseph Vacher was the real life murderer who is the basis for Michel Galabrue's Joseph Bouvier. Like Vacher he was a former soldier, and he went about the countryside slaughtering young boy shepherds and young girl servants. His destruction of these victims (in terms of mutilations) rivaled his contemporary Jack the Ripper (Vacher was known as Vacher the Ripper). Although he was quite insane the public demanded a death penalty - he was guillotined in 1898. His crimes briefly took public attention off the matter of Captain Alfred Dreyfus.

The Philippe Noiret character is partly based on the noted criminologist Professor Alexander Lacassagne, who (despite considerable evidence of insanity) determined that Vacher was sane, and deserved the death penalty.

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