I, Pierre Rivière, Having Slaughtered My Mother, My Sister and My Brother…

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I, Pierre Rivière, Having Slaughtered My Mother, My Sister and My Brother…

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…

Release Date

1976-10-27

Year

1976

Duration

2h 10m

Status

Released

Score

6.10

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Cast

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Claude Hébert

Pierre Rivière

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Jacqueline Milliere

Meme Rivière

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Joseph Leportier

Mr. Rivière

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Annick Gehan

Aimée

François Regnault

François Regnault

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