Prénom: Mathieu

Prénom: Mathieu

2018 · 60 min · ★ 5.1 · Crime, Drama

Seventeen-year-old Mathieu Reymond lies brutally battered and raped in a field of reeds. It is only after his release from hospital that the memories come back, unannounced and fragmentary, but still so precise that regular meetings with two police officers not only allow the perpetrator’s identikit image to take shape, but also the chronology of the crime itself.

Directed by Lionel Baier · Written by Lionel Baier

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