Bernard Blier

Maurice Biraud

Francis Blanche

Danièle Delorme

Jacques Riberolles

Yves Barsacq

Henri Crémieux

Robert Dalban

Anne Doat

Madeleine Geoffroy

Françoise Giret

Camille Guérini

Charles Lavialle

Paloma Matta

Raymond Meunier

Catherine Le Couey

Jacques Monod

Jean-Pierre Moutier

Albert Rémy

René Tramoni

Jean Sylvère

Barbara Brand

Georges Lautner

Francis Didelot

Jacques Robert

Bertrand Blier

Claude Vital

Renaud de Dancourt

Pierre Laroche

Georges Pastier

Yves Rodallec

Arlette Massay

Gina Pignier

Antonio Vivaldi

Robert Bouladoux

Antoine Archimbaud

Raphaël Delouvrier

Reine Thomas

Elise Servet-Larocque

Robert Joffres

Françoise Hellman

Fernand Chauviret

Pierre Barbet

Marcel Bligny

Yvonne Eblagon

Bernard Lapeyre

Paul Joly

Lucien Viard

Maurice Fellous

Jean Yatove

Michelle David

Thriller

Crime

Drama

Le Septième Juré

Orex Films

France

Français

The Seventh Juror

Grégoire Duval - The Pharmacist - The 7th Juror.

Le septième juré (The 7th Juror) is directed by Georges Lautner and adapted to screenplay by Pierre Laroche and Jacques Robert from the Francis Didelot novel. It stars Bernard Blier, Maurice Biraud, Francis Blanche, Danièle Delorme and Jacques Riberolles. Music is by Jean Yatove and cinematography by Maurice Fellous. 

Horrible Crime Near Pontarlier! 

Overcome by the sight of a nude lady sunbather, Grégoire Duval (Blier) forces himself upon her and in a panic strangles her to death when she begins to scream. Returning back to his hum-drum existence, Duval is shocked to find the victim's boyfriend charged with her murder on circumstantial evidence. He's even more shocked when he is chosen for jury service on that very trial... 

Crime of a coward - or a madman? 

A caustic and potent piece of French cinema, Le septième juré operates on many narrative levels. In parts it's a cracker-jack legal drama, featuring a court case of dramatic verve, while the observations about the sometimes folly of the law is brutally laid bare. At other parts it's a cutting deconstruction of small town mentality, of class distinction and standings, all of which are not favourably portrayed in the slightest. 

First you must save your soul. 

Firmly operating in the realm of film noir, the makers produce a clinically atmospheric picture. Georges Lautner opens with an ominous shot of a lone fisherman in his boat, out on a mist covered lake, the accompanying classical music amazingly in sync with the scenes. It's evident from this point we are in for some visual and aural treats. Blier provides a classic noir narration as we move among bohemian architecture, through smoky jazz clubs and clientèle exclusive bars. At night the streets are full of shadows, in daylight there's a muted tone to Maurice Fellous' photography, this is not a happy place to live - unless you be one of the secular bourgeois of course... 

Othello was misunderstood too. 

Other imagery strikes hard. A confession box sequence is brilliantly filmed, noir nirvana, a tilted mirror used during a key exchange between husband and wife is astute, and the pièce de résistance that involves grotesque reflections on a brandy glass. Haunting scenes drop in and out, normally involving the tortured Duval staring blankly out at someone, while the court case is a hot-bed of hurt and chaos, even turning to the macabre as the crime is reenacted at the actual murder scene. Lautner also likes pull away movements as well, and so do we! 

Superbly acted, directed, scored and photographed, this is yet another French film that proves that although the first wave of American film noir had faded cum the start of the 60s, the French were keeping the flame alight well into the decade. From that opening misty lake scene, to the black twist finale that is crowned by a stunning ambulance light sequence, this is black gold cinema. Merry Christmas. 9/10

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