The best thing about this film is getting a glimpse of what life might have been like somewhere in France in the late 1940s, after the war. It was another world. Very few people, farms, animals, everyone was French, no foreigners in sight. It looked like everyone had come from the same one or two families.

The woman who is convicted of murdering her lover has a face reminiscent of a young Meryl Streep. She conveys a lot of emotion with her eyes.

Because this is a story of the jurors who decide the woman's fate, there are multiple threads and way too many people to focus on. There must have been a healthy budget for this film because there was one brief ballroom scene that required a small orchestra, men and women dressed in their finery, and a huge flower arrangement. But the scene itself couldn't have lasted more than 90 seconds.

Lots of talking and talking. The sound quality was poor, especially the voiceover at the end, which suddenly jumped up in volume.

The most interesting thing about this film is seeing humanity in a window of time after the war. There was not the threat of Hitler anymore and people were living their lives. The particular story of euthanasia at the heart of this film must have been definitely shocking at the time. There are points of interest, if one can wade through the ocean of dialogue from multiple characters.

I saw this movie many many years ago; but it remained in my mind because of the excellent acting and the suspense. It was a French movie which was about convicted criminals who were awaiting their death. However, in order to make the process more humane, they were not told about the day or time that their execution would take place. At the appointed moment, two guards would rush into the cell grab the convicted criminal by both of his arms and drag the stunned man to the place of execution. The moment when the doors of the cell are flung open with a loud clang and the guards rush in to the overwhelmed prisoner will stay in my mind forever. I would like to hear more about this movie to refresh my mind about the rest of the plot and would appreciate information about it. Thank you.