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The Burned Barns

The Burned Barns

Thriller · Mystery · Drama · 1973

The body of a young woman is discovered near a farm. The judge, Larcher is in charge and thinks that the farmers have something to do with the murder.

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The Burned Barns

1973 Thriller · Mystery · Drama 1h 35m

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6.6 / 10

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The body of a young woman is discovered near a farm. The judge, Larcher is in charge and thinks that the farmers have something to do with the murder.

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Names above the title

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Directed by

Jean Chapot

Written by

Jean Chapot · Sébastien Roulet

Alain Delon

Alain Delon

Judge Pierre Larcher

Simone Signoret

Simone Signoret

Rose Cateux

Bernard Le Coq

Bernard Le Coq

Paul Cateux

Miou-Miou

Miou-Miou

Monique Cateux

Paul Crauchet

Paul Crauchet

Pierre Cateux

Catherine Allégret

Catherine Allégret

Françoise Cateux

Christian Barbier

Christian Barbier

Captain of gendarmerie

Court is in session

Put The Burned Barns on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.