The Machine is a 1977 French legal drama film directed by Paul Vecchiali. Centered on a child murder case, the film functions as a critique of capital punishment, which was then a subject of controversy in France prior to its 1981 abolition. The title refers to the social mechanism that leads to a man being sentenced to death and executed.

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