A Full Day's Work

Une journée bien remplie, released internationally as A Full Day's Work, is a 1973 French-Italian comedy directed by Jean-Louis Trintignant, better known at the time as one of French cinema's leading actors. Jacques Dufilho and Luce Marquand head the cast. The story follows a father whose son is convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Refusing to accept the verdict, he sets out to take revenge on the members of the jury who decided his son's fate, eliminating them one after another in a carefully planned fashion. The supporting cast includes Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Vittorio Caprioli, André Falcon, Antoine Marin and Denise Péron, with Trintignant himself also appearing on screen. Blending crime and dark humor, the film treats its revenge plot with a dry, ironic tone, and it stands as one of the directing efforts of Trintignant's early career behind the camera.