Back Murder On a Sunday Morning Welsh Ein Mörder nach Maß German Un coupable idéal Spanish قتل در صبح یکشنبه Persian Un coupable idéal (film, 2001) French Un coupable idéal Italian 日曜日の殺人事件 Japanese Murder on a Sunday Morning Dutch Zabójstwo w niedzielny poranek Polish Murder on a Sunday Morning Portuguese
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| Directed by | Jean-Xavier de Lestrade |
| Produced by | Denis Poncet |
| Cinematography | Isabelle Razavet |
| Edited by | Pascal Vernier Ragnar Van Leyden |
| Music by | Hélène Blazy |
| Distributed by | Pathé[1] Direct Cinema (video) |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
| Countries | France United States |
| Language | English |
Murder on a Sunday Morning (French: Un coupable idéal, lit. An Ideal Culprit) is a 2001 documentary film directed by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade. The documentary centers around the Brenton Butler case, in which a fifteen-year-old African-American boy was wrongfully accused of murder in Jacksonville, Florida. The film follows Butler's public defense attorneys as they piece together the narrative and how the police coerced Butler into confessing. It received critical acclaim and won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 74th Academy Awards in 2002.[2]
- ^ "Meet the Academy Awards Nominees 2002 | International Documentary Association". April 2002.
- ^ "Murder on a Sunday Morning". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-05-30. Retrieved 2008-11-23.