Two brothers set fire to a barn while drunk, inadvertently causing the death of a sleeping wanderer. One of them takes all the blame for the incident and spends ten years in prison.
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Cast
14 people
Sandrine Bonnaire
Annie
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La Cérémonie
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Jean-François Stévenin
Roland
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Brotherhood of the Wolf
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Jean-Luc Ormières
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Patricia Mazuy
Jacques Spiesser
Gérard
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Salomé Stévenin
Anna
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Le Chef
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Laure Duthilleul
Sophie
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Jean-François Gallotte
Jack Vrel
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Desire
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Pierre Forget
Armand
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The Vanishing
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Yann Dedet
Bérino
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Under the Sun of Satan
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Eva Vallejo
La jeune fille
Jean-Jacques Bernard
Le boucher Riri
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Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
Patricia Mazuy Director · Théo Hakola Composer Raoul Coutard Cinematographer
United States release November 23, 2019 · Produced in France · Production Cercle Bleu, La Sept Cinéma
Production
La Traverse
Production
Cercle Bleu
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La Sept Cinéma
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Titane Production
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France
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Original title
Peaux de vaches
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · May 31, 1989
Theatrical
United States · November 23, 2019
Film at Lincoln Center
China
March 21, 2026 · Premiere · Hangzhou Une histoire du cinéma français
France
November 24, 2025 · TV · TV5 Monde
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