Summary: France, 1893. Joseph Bouvier, a former Sergeant in the French military, shoots his beloved and attempts to kill himself. Having survived with two bullets in his brain, he is released from the Dole medical facility. Then begins a five-year period of wandering on the roads of the South East of France, during which Bouvier rapes and eventually kills two dozen defenseless shepherds and farm servants of both sexes. (imdb)

AKA: Le Juge et l'assassin

Genres: Drama, Crime

Country: France

Directed By: Bertrand Tavernier

Written By: Bertrand Tavernier, Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost

Starring: Gérard Jugnot, Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Galabru, Daniel Russo, Christine Pascal, Renée Faure, Cécile Vassort, Jean-Pierre Sentier, François Dyrek, Michel Fortin

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