The Burned Barns

1973 [FRENCH]

Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

2
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 67%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 67%
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 1420 1.4K

farm murder

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Plot summary

The body of a young woman is discovered near a farm. The judge, Larcher is in charge and thinks that the farmers have something to do with the murder.

Director

Jean Chapot Photo
Jean Chapot

Top cast

Alain Delon Photo
Alain Delon as Le juge Pierre Larcher
Simone Signoret Photo
Simone Signoret as Rose
Miou-Miou Photo
Miou-Miou as Monique
Michel Berard Photo
Michel Berard as
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902.82 MB
1280*768
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles
24 fps
1 hr 38 min
Seeds 1
1.64 GB
1800*1080
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles
24 fps
1 hr 38 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by writers_reign 8 / 10

Barnstormers

Reviewed by gtamaniak-16300 4 / 10

Good performances, disappointing ending

Yeah both Delon and Signoret play brilliantly here. With Signoret in this film being the dominant member of the family that takes almost all the decisions and not hesitating to confront the judge at any time while at the same time respecting some of her family members' decisions to move on and do something on their own in their lives, meaning she cares for them. This film is a whodunnit about a corpse found in a small village in France and Delon's character suspects that the family might be involved. The places of cinematography are very few. Only the house of the family, The Hotel in which Delon resides, the snowy countryside and Raul's bar. It's a little bit tiresome watching Delon leave the family house then comeback the next day etc etc. And yes the movie does have a very slow pace. It's length is 98 minutes but it feels like it has an additional hour of runtime. There are some interesting scenes but they don't make the film rewatchable again a second time. Especially with that extremely underwhelming ending that seems as if it was placed on the script at the last moment. Good drama and acting but I really don't want to watch this film again.
Reviewed by dbdumonteil

Signoret/Delon round 2

This odd pairing had already happened once the year before with "la veuve Couderc" ,a George Simenon adaptation ,with fair results.Like the first one,"les granges brulées " (=the burned barns :nothing burns in the movie ,mind you,it's the name of Signoret's farm)takes place in a rural area ,to be precise in the Jura Mountains,in the Franche-Comté.Signoret is cast again as a tough farmer who dominates her whole family (her daughter is played by her own daughter Catherine Allégret).A woman's corpse is found near the farm.And a judge (Delon) comes to the place to investigate .The family provides the usual suspects and on with the show.Well,the detective plot is never exciting and its solution devoid of interest.What matters is the depiction of the family's clannishness (which Jacques Becker had brilliantly tackled in "Goupi Main Rouges" thirty years before ),the beautiful snow-covered landscapes and the young ones 'longing to leave their native mountains for the city.Delon and Signoret are both good and give sensitive performances.But most people think they did a better job in "la veuve Couderc".Nice score by Jean-Michel Jarre.
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