La mia legge (1973)
Una sera d'inverno, in aperta campagna, due spalatori scoprono il cadavere di una giovane donna, barbaramente assassinata. Giunto da Parigi, il giudice istruttore Pierre Larchais restringe il suo campo d'inchiesta alla vicina fattoria di mamma Rose, i cui due figli maschi, Paul e Louis, la notte del delittto erano fuori casa. Sospetta soprattutto del primo, la cui moglie fa la cameriera in città, poiché sa che solo la mancanza di soldi gli impedisce di raggiungerla. Pur sapendo che il denaro della vittima è stato davvero rubato da Paul, mamma Rose è però convinta della sua innocenza. Si sviluppa, così, una corretta ma sottile schermaglia tra il giudice, che ritiene di essere sulla buona pista, e la donna, decisa a difendere il figlio, e, con lui, la propria idea della famiglia.
Direttore:
Jean Chapot
Scrittori:
Sébastien Roulet, Jean Chapot.
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Alain Delon as Judge Pierre Larcher |
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Simone Signoret as Rose Cateux |
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Bernard Le Coq as Paul Cateux |
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Miou-Miou as Monique Cateux |
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Paul Crauchet as Pierre Cateux |
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Catherine Allégret as Françoise Cateux |
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Christian Barbier as Captain of gendarmerie |
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Jean Bouise as Journalist |
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Pierre Rousseau as Louis Cateux |
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Fernand Ledoux as Dean of Judges |
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Renato Salvatori as Hotelier |
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Armand Abplanalp as Police officer |
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Gérard Chevalier as Émile |
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Béatrice Costantini as Lucile Cateux |
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Michel Berard as |
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Salvino Di Pietra as |
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Dany Jacquet as Claudine Perrier, the dead girl |
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Martin Trévières as Raoul Renevier |
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Pascal Faivre as Pascal Cateux |
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Florence Moncorgé-Gabin as Larcher's Wife (uncredited) |
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Anna Gaylor as Schoolmistress (uncredited) |
| Editing | Hélène Plemiannikov | Editor |
| Writing | Sébastien Roulet | Screenplay |
| Camera | Sacha Vierny | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Jean-Michel Jarre | Music |
| Writing | Jean Chapot | Screenplay |
| Directing | Jean Chapot | Director |
| Production | Ralph Baum | Producer |
| Writing | Frantz-André Burguet | Idea |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marie-Louise Gillet | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Suzanne Wiesenfeld | Production Manager |
| Directing | Jean-François Delon | Assistant Director Trainee |
| Art | Pierre Guffroy | Production Design |
| Production | Jean-Marie Durand | Unit Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alex Archambault | Key Hair Stylist |
| Directing | Patrick Gordon | Assistant Director Trainee |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maud Begon | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jean-Pierre Cracolici | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Roland Blondy | Assistant Unit Manager |
| Art | Maurice Terrasse | Property Master |
| Art | Louis Boussaroque | Assistant Art Director |
| Directing | Philippe Monnier | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Raymond Danon | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Philippe Bordas | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yvette Bonnay | Costumer |
| Sound | Gérard de Lagarde | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Daniel Brisseau | Sound |
| Editing | Catherine Dubeau | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Florence Moncorgé-Gabin | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Yves Agostini | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Suzy Berton | Costumer |
| Sound | Catherine Kelber | Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Andree Demarez | Costumer |
| Camera | Claude Bourgoin | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Michel Lavoix | Still Photographer |