Movie

L'Innocent

2012 · 89 min

A sober, slow-burning true-crime drama that weighs the human cost of a flawed justice system, leaving a quiet sense of outrage and sorrow.

Overview: The film is based on real events be tween the years 1978-1980. Theo Grangier, a man without education, with no parents nor family, is involved in the robbery along with two recidivists. But the policeman is killed during a robbery. But Theo is the only one who is arrested and charged with murdering an officer of laws, even though the other two perpetrators are not found and Theo is not conclusively proved to be a murderer. He is later sentenced to death. The trial galvanizes the French society - Jean-Paul Sartre comes out publicly in favor of Theo Grunge...
How it feels: Tense, earnest, melancholic and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Justice, class, crime, death
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: justice
class
crime
death
power
Places: big city
prison
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none