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The Red Sweater 1979 Le Pull-over rouge

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.

Country France
Production Country France
Language French
Spoken Language French
Gneres Crime , Drama
Production Company Gaumont
Release Date 7 October 1979
120 mins