I, Pierre Rivière, Having Slaughtered My Mother, My Sister and My Brother…

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Claude Hébert
Claude Hébert

Pierre Rivière

Jacqueline Milliere
Jacqueline Milliere

Meme Rivière

Joseph Leportier
Joseph Leportier

Mr. Rivière

Annick Gehan
Annick Gehan

Aimée

François Regnault
François Regnault

Cast member

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    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”.

  • Release Date

    1976-10-27

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    6.1

  • Rating:

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    Français
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