I, Pierre Rivière Having Slaughtered My Mother, My Sister And My Brother
Recommended byPatricia Mazuy, Nicolas Philibert
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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".
Credits
- Directed by : Christian-Jaque
- Screenplay : Jacques Prévert, Jean-Henri Blanchon
- Décors : Pierre Schild
- Editor : William Barache, Claude Nicole
- Original score : Henri Verdun
- Sound engineer : Jacques Hawadier
- Producer : Jean-Pierre Frogerais
- Producing company : Dimeco Productions, Les Films Vog
- Chef opérateur : Marcel Lucien
- Œuvre originale : Pierre Véry
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1975
- French release date : 6 April 1938
- Category : Long métrage
- Color : Noir et Blanc
- Language : français