Guilty

MUST SEE: Vincent Garenq's Guilty (France, 2011) - One rarely sees the words "faithfully adapted" onscreen, but the true events depicted in French pic "Guilty," based on a nonfiction book written by the protag, are so harrowing that no addition of fictional elements could have made it any more dramatic. Story of a provincial bailiff imprisoned for pedophilia, though evidence is either nonexistent or contradictory, is a stomach-churning thriller-drama hybrid in which scribe-helmer Vincent Garenq dissects one of Gaul's most famous miscarriages of justice with chilling precision. Local Sept. 7 release should screen extensively in Europe; Stateside, remake potential could also interest buyers.2011TOR, 2011VENd, 2012CES, 2012PALM, 2012SANF, 2012SEA. RATING: 8