Burned Barns

Directed by Jean Chapot
Run Time 98 min

Two titans of French cinema are brought together for this crime drama set in the snow-covered French countryside on the border with Switzerland.

The body of a young woman is found savagely murdered near the isolated Burned Barns farm run by Rose (Oscar winner Simone Signoret) and her family. The police work begins and the investigating judge Pierre Larcher (Alain Delon) soon comes to suspect that Rose’s family, and in particular her sons, may have played a role. Signoret and Delon are outstanding as two forces playing a game of wits with profound consequences.

Name Role
Jean Chapot Director
Alain Delon Pierre Larcher
Simone Signoret Rose
Miou-Miou Monique
Paul Crauchet Pierre
Country France
Run time 98 min
Year Completed 1973