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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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.
Orignal Title
Le pull-over rouge
Orignal Language
fr
Duration
2 hr 0 min
Genre
Drama, Crime
Status
Released
Release Data
1979-10-07
Produced By
Gaumont
