The Passerby

Year: 1982

Runtime: 110 mins

Language: French

Director: Jacques Rouffio

Drama

Max Baumstein, a respected businessman who founded an international human‑rights organization, is on trial for first‑degree murder after brutally killing a Paraguayan ambassador. During the proceedings he confesses a long‑kept secret to his wife Lina, revealing that the killing is the final act of a personal conflict that began in his childhood.

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