The Most Gentle Confessions (1971)
A sunny seaside town... Jean and Catherine are in love. They are young, beautiful, and poor. One of Jean's friends suggests he rob the cash box of a traveling circus. But the plan goes wrong: a circus employee is seriously injured, and Jean is arrested. He chooses to proclaim his innocence. To force him to confess and denounce his accomplice, the two detectives in charge of the investigation devise a Machiavellian plan...
Director:
Édouard Molinaro
Writer:
Jean-François Hauduroy
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Philippe Noiret as Inspecteur Muller |
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Roger Hanin as Inspecteur Borelli |
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Caroline Cellier as Catherine |
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Marc Porel as Jean Dubreuil |
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Hassan El-Hassani as le notaire |
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Areski Nebti as |
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Abdelhalim Rais as Le patron du café |
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Gérard Landry as Lopez |
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Giuseppe Addobbati as Le maire |
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Rachid Merabtine as Carl |
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Léa Nanni as Elsa |
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Raymond Louzoum as Henri le Costaud |
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Nourredine Agoulmine as Le jeune policier |
| Directing | Édouard Molinaro | Director |
| Writing | Georges Arnaud | Novel |
| Camera | Raoul Coutard | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Georges Delerue | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Jean-François Hauduroy | Screenplay |