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L'affaire Christian Ranucci: Le combat d'une mère (2007)
A fiction that does not depict the reality of the facts
Having read almost everything on this tragic affair, from those who believe in his innocence (Perrault) and from those who indisputably find him guilty (Bouladou) I am a 100% convinced that he was indeed guilty. This affair reflects how media and political activists can twist reality in order to make money or advocate for the abolition of the death penalty.
Once again, as "Le pull-over rouge" did in its time, this TV-Show does not reflect the reality of the facts. I do not want to enter into too much detail but Ranucci confessed to the murder several times in front of the police, even in subtle ways to his mom through the letters he wrote in his cell and even one of his lawyers (André Fraticelli) refused to follow the strategy of his colleagues (Le Forsonney and Lombard) that consisted of claiming his innocence against overwhelming evidence.
Just a few: he indicated where the crime weapon (his knife with blood on it) was, he was recognized by several witnesses, he confessed, he had blood on his clothes (same blood type as the victim because at that time DNA analysis was yet to be developed) and gave numerous details that only the murderer could have known.
I do think that he did not deserve to be sentenced to death because he was clearly mentally sick. However, the context of the trial and externalities - Patrick Henry, another child murderer was captured several weeks before the trial - and the defense strategy had sealed his fate.
Watch this TV-movie only if you want to be entertained not for historical accuracy...