Two Men in Town (Blu-ray)
Posted in Disc Reviews by J C on November 19th, 2015
“There’s the legal system…procedure…the almost-theatrical aspect of the law. And behind all that…”
Those words are wearily spoken (in voiceover) by Germain Cazeneuve before we even realize the character is a social worker/passionate prisoner advocate. They also hang in the air until the conclusion of Two Men in Town/Deux Hommes dans la Ville, a blistering takedown of the French judicial system and capital punishment. (France used the guillotine to execute prisoners up until 1981, which is the year the country abolished the death penalty.)
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