Murder on a Sunday Morning (2001)
- Original title
- Un coupable idéal
- Directed by
- Jean-Xavier de Lestrade
- Genre
- documentary film, crime film
- Country
- France, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Rated
- 15
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 62 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
A documentary about a fifteen-year-old boy wrongfully accused of murder in Florida. It follows his defense attorneys as they uncover how police coerced a false confession.
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What happens
Murder on a Sunday Morning (French: Un coupable idéal, lit. An Ideal Culprit) is a 2001 documentary film directed by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade. The documentary explores the Brenton Butler case, in which a fifteen-year-old African-American boy was wrongfully accused and tried for murder in Jacksonville, Florida. The film follows Butler's public defense attorneys as they piece together the narrative and how the police coerced Butler into confessing. There was no physical evidence found, and the husband's visual identification of Butler as the shooter contradicted his statement to police. The film received critical acclaim and won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 74th Academy Awards in 2002. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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