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00:18 He was a brilliant young lawyer
00:20 Now Richard Courtois, I'm the new advocate.
00:22 I'm looking forward to crossing swords with you.
00:24 who left Paris
00:26 for the quiet country life.
00:28 Was that a nice dream?
00:30 I've got presents.
00:32 But beneath the simple pleasures
00:34 of a small town
00:36 I could wish to make a prisoner.
00:38 Would you make a cold cell to keep him?
00:40 Not at all. The cell I would put him in is warm indeed
00:42 and he could wish never to come out again.
00:44 He uncovered a mystery
00:46 and a seductive witness.
00:48 They saw the child killed.
00:50 Courtois, I know you've been
00:52 tumbling the black woman. Everybody knows.
00:54 It could be a conspiracy.
00:56 What did you hear? Very little.
00:58 What very little did you hear?
01:00 It could be sorcery.
01:02 There's darkness all about you.
01:04 But to solve this mystery, he must defend
01:06 the most unusual client
01:08 any lawyer has ever had.
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01:12 You say an eye for an eye
01:14 a tooth for a tooth.
01:16 Gentlemen, this is insane.
01:18 Where is order and rule?
01:20 Albertus, is there something I should know?
01:22 The boy's death was unnatural.
01:24 (dramatic music)
01:26 The five animals.
01:28 A little wild. You can see the temptation.
01:30 Do you know what they can do to you?
01:32 They'll take you for witchery.
01:34 Murder is murder.
01:36 You promised her her life!
01:38 That would have been unlawful.
01:40 Colin Firth,
01:42 Ian Holm, Nicole Williamson
01:44 and Lisette Anthony
01:46 in a town full of lies.
01:48 The Lord have mercy on us.
01:50 Help! Help me!
01:52 One man's search
01:54 to find the truth.
01:56 They told me it would be stopped.
01:58 Did you see his face?
02:00 Did anybody see?
02:02 The Advocate.
02:04 The original courtroom thriller.
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