L'Innocent

L'Innocent

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 26, 2012

Runtime

1h 29m

Genres

Drama, TV Movie

User Score

70%

Original Title

L'Innocent

Production Companies

Tentative d'Evasion, Scarlett Production, France 2

Director

Pierre Boutron

Description

The film is based on real events be tween the years 1978-1980. Theo Grangier, a man without education, with no parents nor family, is involved in the robbery along with two recidivists. But the policeman is killed during a robbery. But Theo is the only one who is arrested and charged with murdering an officer of laws, even though the other two perpetrators are not found and Theo is not conclusively proved to be a murderer. He is later sentenced to death. The trial galvanizes the French society - Jean-Paul Sartre comes out publicly in favor of Theo Grunge...