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Dernière Veuve à Angoulême

Last "Guillotine" in Angoulême

October 9, 1981 : death sentence's abolition in France. July 20, 1933, 5 o'clock a.m : last public double death sentences in Angoulême. That day, the "Guillotine" gave the last representation, in front of witnesses. This representation was shot by an amateur... A 5,50-meter roll of film... 45 seconds miraculously found again.
France - 2000 - 12 mn - Betacam SP - Colour
Réalisation
Jean-Denis Bonan
Scénario
Jean-Denis Bonan
Image
René Lartigaud
Son
Jacques Barbier
Montage
Gérald Cailleaud

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