LA MAIN DU MAL

Remake of Perfect Crime broadcasted on BBC

Thomas Schaffner is a brilliant lawyer who believes that everyone has the right to be defended, even the worst of scoundrels. Applying this principle, he pleads the cause of Follet, a murderer who savagely killed a young woman. He wins his case, Follet is freed, but Thomas refuses to shake his hand, too disgusted by his client's sadism... Vexed, Follet decides to attack Thomas's wife. The beginning of a terrible spiral...