I, Pierre Rivière, Having Slaughtered My Mother, My Sister and My Brother… (1976) [N/A]
Release Date:
October 27, 1976
Original Title:
Moi, Pierre Rivière, ayant égorgé ma mère, ma sœur et mon frère…
Alternate Titles:
I, Pierre Rivière
I, Pierre Rivière, Having Slaughtered My Mother, Sister and Brother...
Moi, Pierre Rivière, ayant égorgé ma mère, ma soeur et mon frère…
我，皮耶尔·希维尔，杀了我妈，我妹和我弟
Genres:
Crime | Drama
Production Companies:
INA
Les Films de l'Arquebuse
Polsim Productions
SFP
Production Countries:
France
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 130
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”.