This is a documentary about another documentary. The original doc was done by Orson Welles. In the 1950s in southern France, a noted British scientist, his wife and young daughter were murdered as they camped by the side of the road. An old French-Italian man was accused and convicted, later commuted. At the time Orson Welles started a documentary about this mysterious case as he was doing a travelogue project and found this case very interesting. This documentary was never finished as I believed it was too volatile for television. The new documentary attempts to piece together the surviving bits of film and Welles' existing narration.
To this day the murder is still disputed in that part of France and the murderer's family maintain his innocence.
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