The Most Gentle Confessions
1971, French. Directed by Édouard Molinaro.
A sunny seaside town... Jean and Catherine are in love. They are young, beautiful, and poor. One of Jean's friends suggests he rob the cash box of a traveling circus. But the plan goes wrong: a circus employee is seriously injured, and Jean is arrested. He chooses to proclaim his innocence. To force him to confess and denounce his accomplice, the two detectives in charge of the investigation devise a Machiavellian plan...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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Cast & crew
- Édouard MolinaroDirector
- Philippe NoiretInspecteur Muller
- Roger HaninInspecteur Borelli
- Caroline CellierCatherine
- Marc PorelJean Dubreuil
- Hassan El-Hassanile notaire
- Areski NebtiCast
- Abdelhalim RaisLe patron du café
- Gérard LandryLopez
- Giuseppe AddobbatiLe maire
- Rachid MerabtineCarl
- Léa NanniElsa
- Raymond LouzoumHenri le Costaud
Details
- Released
- 19 May 1971
- Original title
- Les Aveux les plus doux
- Country
- Algeria, France, Italy
- Written by
- Jean-François Hauduroy
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The Most Gentle Confessions isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 19 May 1971. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Most Gentle Confessions?
The Most Gentle Confessions (1971) was directed by Édouard Molinaro and stars Philippe Noiret, Roger Hanin, Caroline Cellier.