Genre Country Director Actor

The Judge and the Assassin

aka Le Juge et L Assassin, Bertrand Tavernier, 1976

Film Description

France, 1893. Following years of abuse, poverty and rejection a former soldier, Joseph Bouvier, shoots his beloved and then attempts to kill himself. Surviving with two bullets in his brain, he is ejected from a state medical facility and becomes a beggar, serial rapist and killer. Upon his capture, the Judge assigned to his case sees this poor unfortunate as the perfect vehicle to advance his career as a politician, and sets about employing any means necessary to hound a confession out of him. Through the circumstances and actions of both men Le Juge Et L'Assassin takes a wider look at the problems endemic in a society that breeds hopelessness and desperation amongst its lower classes, then condemns them to a justice system whose machinations are sometimes as heinous as the crimes it seeks to punish.

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New foreword by Bertrand Tavernier
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Film Details

Director	Bertrand Tavernier
Year	1976
Country	Europe, France

Cast

Isabelle Huppert, Philippe Noiret, Michel Galabru

Technical Details

Certificate	15
Length	121 mins
Label	OPTIM
Format	DVD Colour
Region	2
Aspect	2.35:1
Cat No	OPTD1180
Main Language	French
Subtitles	English