The Witness

Year: 1978

Runtime: 90 mins

Language: French

Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky

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Italian painter Antonio Berti travels to Reims to visit his friend Robert Maurisson, a banker respected for his civic involvement but secretly libertine and cynical. Commissioned to restore cathedral paintings, Berti asks a choirgirl, Cathy, to pose for him. Hours later Cathy is found dead near one of Robert’s properties, sparking scandal.

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