The Judge and the Assassin
Le Juge et l'Assassin (original)
France, 1893. Joseph Bouvier attempts to shoot his love who refused to marry him and to commit suicide. Upon release from the filthy asylum where he was placed, with bullets still remaining in his head, he wanders the country roads and rapes and murders many teenagers over years. The judge Rousseau captures him, but to serve his ambition seeks to avoid that Bouvier is simply declared insane.
Starring Philippe Noiret, Michel Galabru, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Claude Brialy, Renée Faure, Cécile Vassort, Jean-Claude de Goros, Jean-Roger Caussimon, Gérard Jugnot
It's a crime and drama movie, and has a rating of 7.3 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.
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Not found streaming from Ireland.