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Criminal justice in France is dispensed by popular juries and every citizen can be called up for jury duty. But a jury member is fascinating. We know nothing about what can be asked of him: he must respect the secrecy of the deliberations and the hearings are off-limits to the media. This film lifts the veil from this mystery. The filmmaker received special permission to follow the day-to-day proceedings in a court outside Paris. We enter the inner circle of these one-day judges, ordinary people who, in the name of their innermost convictions, are invested by chance with the power to decide the course of another person's life. This is a terrifying power and not everyone comes out of the experience unscathed.

France - 2003 - 50 mn - Betacam Digital - Colour

Director Bernard Debord Script Bernard Debord Camera Dominique Alisé, Laurent Didier Sound Xavier Griette, André Rigaut, Alain Vernois Editing Tina Baz, Véronique Sanson

Production Cinétévé, 4, quai des Célestins, 75004 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 4804 9609 Fax : +33 (0)1 4804 7038 E-mail : cineteve@cineteve.fr Co-Production ARTE France, Forum des Images

Sales Cinétévé, 4, quai des Célestins, 75004 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 4804 9609 Fax : +33 (0)1 4804 7038 E-mail : cineteve@cineteve.fr