Gino (played by Alain Delon), who was sentenced to twelve years in prison for robbery, was released from prison. With the enthusiastic help and patien[Expand All]
Gino (played by Alain Delon), who was sentenced to twelve years in prison for robbery, was released from prison. With the enthusiastic help and patient guidance of social worker Germain (played by Jean Gabin), he was determined to reform himself and start anew. But the sheriff, Jetler (played by Michel Bouquet), who believes that "criminals are always criminals", still doesn't trust him and constantly opposes him. Eventually, he is driven to a dead end and loses control, killing the sheriff, Jetler. After a cold and dogmatic court trial, Gino was eventually sent to the guillotine. This is a humanitarian film that strongly denials and condemns despotism and the guillotine. Its profound themes and scenes often draw the audience into huge emotional waves. When the film was screened in Paris and its suburbs, the audience reached as high as 480,000 within just ten weeks. In 1981, after President Mitterrand came to power, he passed a new decree abolishing the death penalty in France.[Collapse]
