''The Frenchman's Garden'' () is a 1978 Spanish rural psycho-thriller film directed by Jacinto Molina (Paul Naschy) based on the Frenchman's garden serial murder case. It stars María José Cantudo and Ágata Lys.

Plot

The plot deals about the crimes of Juan Aldije "el Francés" and José Muñoz Lopera in Peñaflor, province of Seville.

Cast

Production

A Laro Films production, the film was shot in 1977 in locations including the area where the real crimes took place in.

Release

The film was released theatrically in Spain on 5 June 1978. The film was restored by Cultural Diversity Films and selected for screening at the 2020

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Reception

Ángel Sala described the film as "a sort of bloodstained

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painting, which satisfactorily reconstructs the period".

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