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Plot Summary:
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”.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 345
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: factual
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 22
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 60
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IMDB Votes: 925
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Votes: 266
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IMDB Votes: 523
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 392
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IMDB Votes: 724
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IMDB Votes: 202
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