We Are All Murderers

Audience Score
70
We Are All Murderers
NR 1 hr 57 minCrime, Drama
Originally titled Nous Sommes Tout des Assassins We Are All Murderers was directed by Andre Cayette a former lawyer who detested Frances execution system Charles Spaaks screenplay makes no attempt to launder the four principal characters Marcel Mouloudji Raymond Pellegrin Antoinine Balpetre Julien Verdeir never mind the motivations these are all hardened murderers Still the film condemns the sadistic ritual through which these four men are brought to the guillotine In France the policy is to never tell the condemned man when the execution will occurand then to show up without warning and drag the victim kicking and screaming to his doom without any opportunity to make peace with himself or his Maker By the end of this harrowing film the audience feels as dehumanized as the four protagonists We Are All Murderers was roundly roasted by the French law enforcement establishment but it won a special jury prize at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival

Movie Details

Original Language:French
Production Companies:Jolly Film Union Générale Cinématographique UGC Labor Film