A King Without Distraction

A King Without Distraction

1963 · 85 min · ★ 7.7 · Drama, Crime

A policeman and a serial killer play cat and mouse in an isolated mountain village in Nineteenth century France. The second film directed by the man who played the admirable lead role in Robert Bresson's A Man Escaped is a stylized and intense adaptation of a novel by Jean Giono. This police investigation in a 19th century village combines visual beauty with the rigor of the mise-en-scène—the vertigo of the criminal motivations indivisible from the refined graphics of the images.

Directed by François Leterrier · Written by Jean Giono

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Claude Giraud le capitaine Langlois
Colette Renard Clara
Charles Vanel le procureur du roi
Albert Rémy le maire
René Blancard le curé
Pierre Repp Ravanel

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