A King Without Distraction

A King Without Distraction 1963 Directed by François Leterrier Un roi sans divertissement

A policeman and a serial killer play cat and mouse in an isolated mountain village in Nineteenth century France. The second film directed by the man who played the admirable lead role in Robert Bresson's A Man Escaped is a stylized and intense adaptation of a novel by Jean Giono. This police investigation in a 19th century village combines visual beauty with the rigor of the mise-en-scène—the vertigo of the criminal motivations indivisible from the refined graphics of the images.

Country France

Production Country France

Language French

Spoken Language French

Gneres Crime , Drama

Production Company Les Films Jean Giono

Release Date 30 August 1963

85 mins