''The Dominici Affair'' (French: , Italian: ) is a 1973 French-Italian

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directed by

Claude Bernard-Aubert Claude may refer to: __NOTOC__ People and fictional characters * Claude (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Claude (surname), a list of people * Claude Lorrain (c. 1600–1682), French landscape painter, draughtsman and etcher ...

and starring

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and Gérard Depardieu.Kitchin p.xviii It is based on the

Dominici affair The Dominici affair was the criminal investigation into the murder of three Britons in France. During the night of 4/5 August 1952, Sir Jack Drummond, a 61-year-old scientist; his 44-year-old wife Anne (née Wilbraham); and their 10-year-old da ...

of 1952.

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took place in

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where the real events occurred.

Synopsis

After a British family are found murdered on the road near his family's farm in rural

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, 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.

Cast

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.

External links

* 1973 films Italian drama films 1970s French-language films Films directed by Claude Bernard-Aubert 1973 drama films French drama films Films set in the 1950s 1970s French films 1970s Italian films {{1970s-France-film-stub