Les granges brulées (1973)

Director:

Jean Chapot

Writers:

Jean Chapot (scenario and dialogue) &
Sébastien Roulet (scenario and dialogue) ...

Release Date:

30 May 1973 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

A murder uncovers a web of family secrets.

Plot:

The body of a young woman is discovered near a farm. The judge Larcher is in charge and thinks that...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Coroner | Isolation | Hillside | Financial Problem

Cast

Alain Delon	...	Le juge Pierre Larcher
Simone Signoret	...	Rose
Paul Crauchet	...	Pierre
Bernard Le Coq	...	Paul
Christian Barbier	...	L'officier de gendarmerie
Pierre Rousseau	...	Louis
Miou-Miou	...	Monique (as Miou Miou)
Jean Bouise	...	Le journaliste / Reporter
Catherine Allégret	...	Françoise
Fernand Ledoux	...	Le doyen des juges
Renato Salvatori	...	L'hôtelier
Armand Abplanalp	...	L'officier de police
Michel Berard
Gérard Chevalier
Béatrice Costantini	...	Lucile

Also Known As:

La mia legge (Italy)
Suspect of Murder
Suspicion of Murder (Australia) (video title)
The Burned Barns (International: English title)
The Investigator
Égö pajták (Hungary) [hu]
Die Löwin und ihr Jäger (West Germany) [de]
Farma na wzgórzu (Poland) [pl]
Kamenoi ahyrones (Greece) [el]
Kvinnan i snön (Sweden) [sv]
Las granjas ardientes (Spain) [es]
Ve duvarlar çatladi (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

Doubs, France

Company:

Lira Films

Signoret/Delon round 2

This odd pairing had already happened once the year before with "la veuve Couderc" ,a George Simenon adaptation ,with fair results.

Like the first one,"les granges brulées " (=the burned barns :nothing burns in the movie ,mind you,it's the name of Signoret's farm)takes place in a rural area ,to be precise in the Jura Mountains,in the Franche-Comté.Signoret is cast again as a tough farmer who dominates her whole family (her daughter is played by her own daughter Catherine Allégret).A woman's corpse is found near the farm.And a judge (Delon) comes to the place to investigate .The family provides the usual suspects and on with the show.

Well,the detective plot is never exciting and its solution devoid of interest.What matters is the depiction of the family's clannishness (which Jacques Becker had brilliantly tackled in "Goupi Main Rouges" thirty years before ),the beautiful snow-covered landscapes and the young ones 'longing to leave their native mountains for the city.Delon and Signoret are both good and give sensitive performances.But most people think they did a better job in "la veuve Couderc".Nice score by Jean-Michel Jarre.