I, Pierre Rivière, Having Slaughtered My Mother, My Sister and My Brother…
1976 · 130 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 374 VOTES · DIR. René Allio
Overview
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”.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,289 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:11 "I, PIERRE RIVlÈRE
00:08:11 It seems the murder was committed
00:13:19 and arrows tipped with pins.
00:17:16 Actually, born with a mean disposition
00:23:04 Be brave, Son.
00:30:25 When she began feeling better, she decided to return home.
00:36:38 but Mother took her from Grandma.
00:42:05 with a village woman
00:48:44 He's killing me!
00:53:42 They finally sent for his mother, and she came to see him.
00:58:55 Not me! That man took all we had!
01:04:32 After all, she loves her farm, same as he loves his!
01:10:14 WIFE OF LOUIS HÉBERT
01:14:17 She began to visit lawyers to get advice for a separation.
01:18:36 He did not come to ride the horse as before.
01:25:33 I'm gonna see Satan!
01:30:27 It was unfair to let live a woman who upset my father so.
01:37:17 I'll explain.
01:41:18 But after a long search
01:45:27 I called it "empallifying".
01:50:24 He soon made up his mind.
01:53:36 Rivière's prison statement is on sale in Caen
01:58:29 I spent several days there.
22:18:03 THE CALVADOS PILOT