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
Pierre Bost, Jean Aurenche, Bertrand Tavernier
Renée Faure
Mme Rousseau
Isabelle Huppert
Rose
Philippe Noiret
Juge Rousseau
Jean-Claude Brialy
Avocat Villedieu
Gérard Jugnot
Le photographe
Michel Galabru
Joseph Bouvier
Yves Robert
Professeur Degueldre
François Dyrek
Le cheminot libéré
Jean-Claude de Goros
Dr. Dufour
Monique Chaumette
La mère de Louise
Cécile Vassort
Louise Leseuer
Jean-Roger Caussimon
Chanteur de rue
René Morard
Un roulant
Jean Amos
Le gardien-chef
Jean-Pierre Sentier
Un journaliste
Jean Bretonnière
Le député
Arlette Bonnard
La fermière à la soupe
Liza Braconnier
La religieuse de l'hôpital
Yvon Lec
Le supérieur mariste
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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