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

Audience Score
59
I Pierre Rivière Having Slaughtered My Mother My Sister and My Brother
NR 2 hr 10 minCrime, Drama
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 reallife villagers from the area where the events took place the detailed reenactments and careful attention to the gestures of their ancestors serve to create an intense and sometimes disturbing atmosphere of hyperrealism 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

Movie Details

Original Language:French
Production Companies:Les Films de lArquebuse Ina Polsim Productions SFP