Drama / Crime /

Score: 69.2%( 14 votes )

Overview: Stephane (Victor Lanoux) is the mayor of a small village. He is also the manager of the tannery which provides the inhabitants with work. In a fit of anger, he kills his wife (Edith Scob). A judge (Jean Carmet) tries to prove his culpability, but it's not an easy task, because there is a political and social pressure.

Cast:

Jean Carmet
Le juge Fernand Noblet

Victor Lanoux
Stéphane Bertin

Valérie Mairesse
Muriel Olivier

Michel Robin
Gaspard

Jacques Richard
Maurois

Gérard Jugnot
Fréval

Francis Lemaire
Maître Demaison

Anne Bellec
Nelly

Alain Doutey
Debray

Jean Vigny
Le Curé Borie

Gérard Caillaud
Larsac

Roland Amstutz
Varan

Christian de Tillière
Le procureur

Jacques Canselier
Javel, greffier du Juge Noblet

Jacques Chailleux
Riffaud

Jean Dautremay
Bonafon

Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
Arnoux

Bernard Dumaine
Alban

Guy Di Rigo
Forget

Bernard Lincot
Tabard

Raymond Loyer
Le doyen Girodot

Mado Maurin
Elodie

François Maisongrosse
Gustave

Pierre Plessis
Castelin

Sylvie Pinel
Madame Fréval

Claude Richard
Blanchard

Mathé Souverbie
Vanille

Maurice Vallier
Le médecin

Christian Varini

Lionel Vitrant
Delteil

Étienne Périer
Le mari de Nelly (uncredited)