1976
6.9 (132 votes)
2h 8m
Genres
History
Crime
Drama
Production Companies
Lira Films
FR3
SFP
FR3
SFP
The Judge and the Assassin (Le Juge et l'Assassin)
Overview
France, 1893. Joseph Bouvier attempts to shoot his love who refused to marry him and to commit suicide. Upon release from the filthy asylum where he was placed, with bullets still remaining in his head, he wanders the country roads and rapes and murders many teenagers over years. The judge Rousseau captures him, but to serve his ambition seeks to avoid that Bouvier is simply declared insane.
Key Crew
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Writer: Bertrand Tavernier, Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost
Director of Photography: Pierre-William Glenn
Producer: Raymond Danon
