Justice Is Done
Justice est faite
1950
Golden Lion — 11th Venice International Film Festival
- Director:
- André Cayatte
- Studio:
- Silver Films
- Starring:
- Valentine Tessier, Claude Nollier, Noël Roquevert, Raymond Bussières, Jacques Castelot
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A woman stands trial for the mercy killing of her terminally ill employer at his own request, and the film follows the seven jurors chosen to decide her fate, each bringing their own private prejudices and life experiences into the jury room. As deliberations unfold, personal grudges, faith, class resentment, and unrelated domestic troubles color each juror's reading of the same facts. André Cayatte's courtroom drama uses the case to expose how thoroughly "justice" is shaped by the flawed, biased humans tasked with dispensing it.