19 May 1988
Promised a Miracle
True story of a couple charged with manslaughter when their rejection of modern medicine in favor of religion to treat their diabetic child resulted in his death.
Law Breakers
A judge investigating police corruption finds that the deeper he digs, the more roadblocks he finds.
Top Billed Cast
Jacques Brel Bernard Level
Catherine Rouvel Danièle Lebegue
Paola Pitagora Laura
Charles Denner Graziani
François Cadet Rabut
Roland Lesaffre Saugeat
Françoise Giret Geneviève Saugeat
Luc Merenda Marco
Didier Haudepin François
Jean Franval Sabatier
Harry-Max Moulard
Pierre Maguelon le gardien
Alain Nobis le président
Jean-Roger Caussimon commissaire Lagache
Serge Sauvion Benetti
Boby Lapointe Louis Casso
Michael Lonsdale Inspecteur Bertrand
Henri Nassiet Luc Ponette 
Marius Laurey
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