History Crime Drama
France, 1893. Joseph Bouvier attempts to shoot his love who refused to marry him and to commit suicide. Upon release from the filthy asylum where he was placed, with bullets still remaining in his head, he wanders the country roads and rapes and murders many teenagers over years. The judge Rousseau captures him, but to serve his ambition seeks to avoid that Bouvier is simply declared insane.
Directed by
Bertrand Tavernier
Written by
Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost, Bertrand Tavernier
Isabelle Huppert
Rose
Philippe Noiret
Juge Rousseau
Gérard Jugnot
Le photographe
Jean-Claude Brialy
Avocat Villedieu
Michel Galabru
Joseph Bouvier
Yves Robert
Professeur Degueldre
François Dyrek
Le cheminot libéré
Monique Chaumette
La mère de Louise
Jean-Roger Caussimon
Chanteur de rue
Renée Faure
Mme Rousseau
Cécile Vassort
Louise Leseuer
Liza Braconnier
La religieuse de l'hôpital
Jean Bretonnière
Le député
Yvon Lec
Le supérieur mariste
Jean-Pierre Sentier
Un journaliste
Jean-Claude de Goros
Dr. Dufour
Arlette Bonnard
La fermière à la soupe
René Morard
Un roulant
Jean Amos
Le gardien-chef
Jean-Pierre Leroux
Radeuf
Gilbert Bahon
Un roulant
Bob Morel
L'Âne Rouge
Eddy Roos
Le premier curé (as Eddy Ross)

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