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Posted: March 28th, 2008.
In 1975, director Nicolas Philibert (Etre et Avoir) was a young assistant to film-maker René Allio.
Together, they made ‘Moi, Pierre Rivière, ayant égorgé ma mère, ma soeur et mon frère’ (‘I, Pierre Rivière, having cutthe throat of my mother, my sister and my brother ) a little-seen film based on the disturbing true story of a peasantwho murdered his family in 1835. All the main parts in ‘I, Pierre Rivière’ were played by non-professional actors from Normandy.
Here, thirty years after the film’s release, Philibert takes his camera back to the region to learn about the lives of itsstars during the intervening years. Weaving through time – between 1975, the present time, and the nineteenth century -Philibert creates yet another captivating documentary.
The DVD is out now and retails for £19.99, but is currently on Amazon at the link above for £14.99.
News page content input by Dominic Robinson, 2008.
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.