A child killer becomes media spectacle while France debates his head. Grim? Yes. Unforgettable? Also yes.
Pierre Lentier murders an 8-year-old in horrendous circumstances. This 30-something solitary factory worker who lives on the edge of society is sentenced to death. A damning indictment of the death penalty and the manipulative behaviour of the media.
Direction
Vecchiali's clinical gaze refuses to let you look away.
Acting
Bouvet's hollow-eyed Lentier is terrifyingly ordinary.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes silence and media manipulation.
Director
Paul Vecchiali
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