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The Most Gentle Confessions(1971)
Status: Released
Date: 1971-05-19
57%
3 Votes
Time: 1h 35m
Overview:
Following a robbery in a circus, a young mobster, Jean, is arrested by Inspector Borelli. The thug denies involvement. To compel him to sign a full confession, Inspector Muller encourages the suspect to get married for - he says - to move the jury. This being done, he lets Jean believe that he can spend a moment alone with his wife; but then, Inspector Borelli blackmails him: "If you sign your confession, you can spend a moment with her." After being beaten, Jean signs a confession. It is then that a new blackmail intervenes: "the name of the accomplice?", asks the inspector. But the thug refuses to denounce the latter and ends up refusing the bargain dupes. While the guards drive him back to prison, his wife cuts his veins, breaking the career of the bad policeman.
Languages: French.
Countries:
Algeria,
France,
Italy
ProductionCompanies:
O.N.C.I.C.
Progéfi
Trianon Films
Office des Actualities Algerienes
Ultra Film
Movie: The Most Gentle Confessions
Top 9 Billed Cast
Marc Porel
Jean Dubreuil
Caroline Cellier
Catherine
Philippe Noiret
Inspecteur Muller
Roger Hanin
Inspecteur Borelli
Gérard Landry
Lopez
Hassan El-Hassani
le notaire
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Overview
Following a robbery in a circus, a young mobster, Jean, is arrested by Inspector Borelli. The thug denies involvement. To compel him to sign a full confession, Inspector Muller encourages the suspect to get married for - he says - to move the jury. This being done, he lets Jean believe that he can spend a moment alone with his wife; but then, Inspector Borelli blackmails him: "If you sign your confession, you can spend a moment with her." After being beaten, Jean signs a confession. It is then that a new blackmail intervenes: "the name of the accomplice?", asks the inspector. But the thug refuses to denounce the latter and ends up refusing the bargain dupes. While the guards drive him back to prison, his wife cuts his veins, breaking the career of the bad policeman.
Release Date
1971-05-19
Average
5.7
Rating:
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