1973 film
The Dominici Affair Directed by Claude Bernard-Aubert Written by Produced by Sergio Bonotti Eric Geiger Claude Giroux Éric Rochat Jean Gabin Starring Cinematography Ricardo Aronovich Edited by Louisette Hautecoeur Music by Alain Goraguer Production companies
Bocaccio Films COFCI Mondial Televisione Film Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie Distributed by Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie Release date
7 March 1973 (1973-03-07 )
Running time
105 minutes Countries Language French
The Dominici Affair (French: L'affaire Dominici , Italian: L'affare Dominici ) is a 1973 French-Italian crime drama film directed by Claude Bernard-Aubert and starring Jean Gabin , Victor Lanoux and Gérard Depardieu .[ 1] It is based on the Dominici affair of 1952.
Location shooting took place in Ribiers and Peipin in Hautes-Alpes where the real events occurred.
Synopsis
After a British family are found murdered on the road near his family's farm in rural Provence , the old villager Gaston Dominici is arrested and apparently confesses to the crime. He is tried and sentenced to death, but his punishment is commuted on health grounds amid growing doubts about his guilt.
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References
Bibliography
Harriss, Joseph. Jean Gabin: The Actor Who Was France . McFarland, 2018.
Kitchen, Martin. The Dominici Affair: Murder and Mystery in Provence . University of Nebraska Press, 2017.
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