Français
Home About Us General Program School Program Events
Editions

Jean-Pierre Darroussin at Cinéfranco:

Pascal Elso at Cinéfranco:

Jury Duty (Rated 14A)

Original Title: Le septième juré

Country of Origin: Belgium / France (2008)
French with English Subtitles - 90 minutes
Genre: Thriller
Distributor: Marathon

Directed by Edouard Niermans

Starring   Jean-Pierre Darroussin (Grégoire Duval), Isabelle Habiague (Geneviève Duval), Pascal Elso, Igor Mendjisky (Laurent Duval), Eric Naggar, Lehcen Razzougui (Khader Boualam), Jean-Yves Chatelais (Labory), Jacques Bachelier, Philippe Couerre, Yvon Wust (Etienne Langeron)...

English Canadian Premiere

In 1962, Grégoire Duval, respected provincial pharmacist, is chosen for jury duty in the trial of Khader Boualam, accused in the murder of his young mistress. His condemnation is pretty much assured, exacerbated by the ambient racism against Algerians. In fact, it is Grégoire Duval who unnoticeably strangled the victim. Bothered by the lack of rigor in the criminal investigation, Grégoire Duval tries to show that Khader Boualam is innocent. But he is upsetting the social order: will the truth triumph?

"Inspired by the original novel (...), depicting an almost likeable killer" (tele7.fr) is a mission accomplished, thanks to the brio of Jean-Pierre Darrousin.

Get the Flash Player to see this player.

Awards

2008 Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming Golden FIPA Best Actor Jean-Pierre Darroussin- Best film
2008 Monte-Carlo TV Festival Golden Nymph Best Actor Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Previous Show

Showing at 3:00PM

The Lost Beauty

(2007 - 90 min.)
Rated 14A

Jury Duty

Saturday, April 4, 2009
at 6:00PM

Next Show

Showing at 8:00PM

Disco

(2008 - 103 min.)
Rated 14A