The Red Sweater

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

Revenue

Language

French

Production Companies

Gaumont