Murder on a Sunday Morning
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| Directed by | Jean-Xavier de Lestrade |
| Produced by | Denis Poncet |
| Music by | Hélène Blazy |
| Cinematography | Isabelle Razavet |
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Pascal Vernier Ragnar Van Leyden |
| Distributed by | Direct Cinema (video) |
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111 minutes |
| Country | France United States |
| Language | English |
Murder on a Sunday Morning (French: Un coupable idéal) is a documentary film directed by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade. Its subject is the Brenton Butler case, a criminal case in which a fifteen-year-old boy was wrongfully accused of murder. The film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 74th Academy Awards in 2002.
Brenton Butler was arrested and tried for the 2000 murder of a tourist in Jacksonville, Florida. The prosecution's case relied heavily upon a positive identification made by the victim's husband, and on Butler's confession, which the teen claimed was coerced. The film follows Butler's defense team building their case for his innocence.
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