
116 minutes
2/28/1979
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.

Jean Carmet
as Le juge Fernand Noblet

Victor Lanoux
as Stéphane Bertin

Valérie Mairesse
as Muriel Olivier

Michel Robin
as Gaspard

Jacques Richard
as Maurois

Gérard Jugnot
as Fréval

Francis Lemaire
as Maître Demaison

Anne Bellec
as Nelly

Alain Doutey
as Debray
Jean Vigny
as Le Curé Borie

Gérard Caillaud
as Larsac

Roland Amstutz
as Varan

Christian de Tillière
as Le procureur

Jacques Canselier
as Javel, greffier du Juge Noblet

Jacques Chailleux
as Riffaud
Jean Dautremay
as Bonafon

Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
as Arnoux

Bernard Dumaine
as Alban

Guy Di Rigo
as Forget

Bernard Lincot
as Tabard
Raymond Loyer
as Le doyen Girodot

Mado Maurin
as Elodie
François Maisongrosse
as Gustave

Pierre Plessis
as Castelin
Sylvie Pinel
as Madame Fréval
Claude Richard
as Blanchard

Mathé Souverbie
as Vanille

Maurice Vallier
as Le médecin
Christian Varini

Lionel Vitrant
as Delteil

Étienne Périer
as Le mari de Nelly (uncredited)