Moi, Pierre Rivière, ayant égorgé ma mère, ma soeur et mon frère... 1976

Title: Moi, Pierre Rivière, ayant égorgé ma mère, ma soeur et mon frère...
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Languages: English
Genres: Crime, Drama,
Runtime: 2:10:00 Hour
Cast: Claude Hébert, Jacqueline Milliere, Joseph Leportier
Directors: René Allio
Rating: 6.5 (11 Votes)
Year: 1976
Summary: Based on documents compiled by leading French philosopher Michel Foucault, this unique and original film charts the gruesome events which took place in a Normandy village in 1835, when a young man, Pierre Rivière, murdered his mother, sister and brother before fleeing to the countryside. With a cast made up of real-life villagers from the area where the events took place, the detailed re-enactments and careful attention to the gestures of their ancestors serve to create an intense and sometimes disturbing atmosphere of hyper-realism. Details of the crime and of the trial that followed are told from varied perspectives, including the written confession of Pierre himself, and form a rich and complex narrative that interrogates the concepts of “truth” and “history”.