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François Regnault

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François Regnault

Born November 14, 1938 · Paris, France (age 87)

François Regnault is a French philosopher, playwright and dramaturge. He is also an emeritus professor (maître de conférences) at Paris 8 University. He attended the seminars of Jacques Lacan, was a founding member of the editorial board of Cahiers pour l'Analyse, and co-directed the Théâtre de la Commune at Aubervilliers from 1991 to 1997.

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A Christmas TaleA Christmas Tale · 2008
A Christmas Tale
★ 6.82008
MovieComedyDrama
When their regal matriarch falls ill, the troubled Vuillard family come together for a hesitant Christmastime reunion. Among them is rebellious ne'er-do-well Henri and the uptight Elizabeth. Together under the same roof for the first time in many years, their intricate, long denied resentments and yearnings emerge again.
I, Pierre Rivière, Having Slaughtered My Mother, My Sister and My Brother…I, Pierre Rivière, Having Slaughtered My Mother, My Sister and My Brother… · 1976
I, Pierre Rivière, Having Slaughtered My Mother, My Sister and My Brother…
★ 6.51976
MovieCrimeDrama
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”.
The Great AlibiThe Great Alibi · 2008
The Great Alibi
★ 5.32008
MovieMysteryThriller
Like every weekend senator Henri Pagès and his wife entertain guests at their beautiful mansion in a peaceful village near Paris. But this time around, things go awry: Pierre Collier, a psychoanalyst and consummate womanizer, is brutally murdered. Claire, his wife, dazed and confused by his corpse, with a smoking gun still in her hand, seems to be the ideal culprit...

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I, Pierre Rivière, Having Slaughtered My Mother, My Sister and My Brother…I, Pierre Rivière, Having Slaughtered My Mother, My Sister and My Brother… · 1976
I, Pierre Rivière, Having Slaughtered My Mother, My Sister and My Brother…
★ 6.51976
MovieCrimeDrama
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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