The Judge and the Assassin

The Judge and the Assassin

2h 8m 1976 History, Crime, Drama France
Budget: - Revenue: -

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.

Director

Bertrand Tavernier

Writer

Bertrand Tavernier, Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost