The Red Sweater

Name: The Red Sweater
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1979-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 5.5
Cast: Serge Avédikian, Michelle Marquais, Claire Deluca, Roland Bertin, Pierre Maguelon

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.

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Release Date

October 7, 1979

Status

Released

Original Title

Le Pull-over rouge

Runtime

2h 0min

Budget

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Revenue

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Language

French

Production Companies

Gaumont

Drama

Crime