On 9 January 1836, Pierre Lacenaire goes to the guillotine, a murderer and a thief. He gives Allard, a police inspector, his life story, written while awaiting execution. He also asks Allard to care for Hermine, a lass to whom he has been guardian for more than ten years. In flashbacks, from the prison as Lacenaire writes, from Allard's study as he and Hermine read, and from other readers' memory after the book is published, we see Lacenaire's childhood as he stands up to bullies, including priests, his youthful thieving, his first murder, his brief army career, his seduction of a princess, and his affair with Avril, a young man who dies beside him.
Pierre-François Lacenaire
Allard
Jacques Arago
Lacenaire's father
Lacenaire's mother
Alphonse Damoiseau
Marmignat
Vigouroux
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On 9 January 1836, Pierre Lacenaire goes to the guillotine, a murderer and a thief. He gives Allard, a police inspector, his life story, written while awaiting execution. He also asks Allard to care for Hermine, a lass to whom he has been guardian for more than ten years. In flashbacks, from the prison as Lacenaire writes, from Allard's study as he and Hermine read, and from other readers' memory after the book is published, we see Lacenaire's childhood as he stands up to bullies, including priests, his youthful thieving, his first murder, his brief army career, his seduction of a princess, and his affair with Avril, a young man who dies beside him.
Movie / 2008
Movie / 1960
Movie / 2020
Movie / 2006
Movie / 2021
Movie / 1972
Movie / 1989
Movie / 1991
Movie / 1896
Movie / 1994
Movie / 1972
Movie / 2005
Movie / 1992
Movie / 2010
Movie / 1997
Movie / 2019
Movie / 2006
Movie / 1995
Movie / 2007
Movie / 2018