Release Date

27 Oct, 1976

Runtime

02:10: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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”.

Original Title

Moi, Pierre Rivière, ayant égorgé ma mère, ma sœur et mon frère…

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Actors

Claude Hébert

Jacqueline Milliere

Joseph Leportier

Annick Gehan

François Regnault

Crew

René Allio

Michel Foucault

Pascal Bonitzer

Jean Jourdheuil

Serge Toubaina

René Allio

Fanny Berchaux

René Féret

Robert Alazraki

Nurith Aviv

Michel Thiriet

Sylvie Blanc

Bernard Bouix

Jochen D. Girsch