Release Date

24 Jan, 2007

Runtime

00:00: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

On June 3, 1974, eight-year-old Marie-Dolorès Rambla was kidnapped in Marseille. The little girl's body was found a few days later. Christian Ranucci quickly became the prime suspect. A couple claimed to have seen him get out of a car at the spot where the body was discovered, carrying a large package. While in custody, Christian Ranucci confessed to the murder. But he eventually recanted his confession. His mother, Héloïse, convinced of his innocence, began a relentless fight to try to get him acquitted. It was a lost cause: Ranucci was sentenced to death and executed. When Patrick Henry's trial took place, Héloïse wrote a letter dictated by her conscience. Robert Badinter read it out in court. Héloïse begged that another mother, Patrick Henry's, be spared the torment she had endured...

Original Title

L'Affaire Ranucci : Le Combat d'une mère

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Actors

Catherine Frot

Alexandre Hamidi

Didier Flamand

Cyril Descours

Hervé Briaux

Alain Cauchi

Yves Verhoeven

Françoise Pinkwasser

Gérard Bayle

Elvire Melliere

Julien Tortora

Crew

Denys Granier-Deferre

Alain Godard

Olivier Dujols

Jean Nainchrik

Bernard Grimaldi

Eve-Marie Arnault