I, Pierre Rivière Having Slaughtered My Mother, My Sister And My Brother
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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
- Production Compagny : Société Française De Production (SFP), Institut National de l'Audiovisuel, Les Films Arquebuse, Polsim productions
- Distributor : LMC
- Scenario : Pascal Bonitzer, René Allio, Jean Jourdheuil, Serge Toubiana
- Costume Design : Christine Laurent
- Sound Recorder : Pierre Gamet, Patrice Noïa
- Director : René Allio
- Photo Director : Nurith Aviv
- Editing : Sylvie Blanc
- Set Decoration : Françoise Darne
Technical details
- Printed format : 16 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1975
- French release date : 27 octobre 1976
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Colors
- Language : French
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