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 · 130 min · ★ 6.5 · Crime, Drama

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”.

Directed by René Allio · Written by Jean Jourdheuil

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Claude Hébert Pierre Rivière
Jacqueline Milliere Meme Rivière
Joseph Leportier Mr. Rivière
Annick Gehan Aimée
François Regnault Cast member

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