I, Pierre Rivière, Having Slaughtered my Mother, my Sister And my Brother…

– Based on documents compiled by leading French philosopher Michel Foucault, this unique and original ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.30 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 10 Minutes
Release Year:
1976
Original Name:
Moi, Pierre Rivière, ayant égorgé ma mère, ma sœur et mon frère…
I, Pierre Rivière, having slaughtered my mother, my sister and my brother… (1976) - Also known as Moi, Pierre Rivière, ayant égorgé ma mère, ma sœur et mon frère…

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”.

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Release Date:

27 Oct 1976

Language:

French

Director:

René Allio

Writer:

Michel Foucault (book), Pascal Bonitzer (collaboration), Jean Jourdheuil (collaboration), Serge Toubiana (collaboration)

Main Actors:

Claude Hébert, Jacqueline Millière, Joseph Leportier, Annick Géhan

Awards:

1 win.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.3/10