The Judge and the Assassin (1976)
- Original title
- Le Juge et l'Assassin
- Directed by
- Bertrand Tavernier
- Genre
- drama film, comedy drama, crime film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 2h 08m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 144 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In 1890s France, a judge befriends a captured ex-soldier suspected of a series of rapes and murders. He manipulates the man into confessing for his own career advancement.
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What happens
The Judge and the Assassin (French: Le Juge et l'assassin) is a 1976 French drama film directed by Bertrand Tavernier that stars Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Michel Galabru, and Jean-Claude Brialy. Set in France in the 1890s, it shows the capture after a trail of rapes and murders of a possibly deranged ex-soldier, based on the historical Joseph Vacher, and how he is befriended by an ambitious judge who leads him into incriminating himself. The film won two César Awards in 1977. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Death Rite (1976)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.