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
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00:00:11 "I, PIERRE RIVlÈRE
00:07:59 We shall visit the scene of the crime and then the family.
00:13:04 I, the undersigned Sergeant Le Courtois of Langannerie do declare
00:16:49 God's commandments forbade it.
00:22:10 since the crime until my arrest
00:29:22 He was glad and moved all her furniture with her.
00:34:57 but in vain.
00:41:13 He bought cows and sold them when necessary.
00:46:38 It was harvest time.
00:52:22 Me? Work for someone who tries to ruin me?
00:57:00 "It is hereby agreed
01:02:49 Why does the Lord make me suffer so?
01:08:22 The priest said you know of certain of the accused's acts
01:12:31 I see nothing more to say.
01:16:16 When he sang the holy water anthem, over 50 people cried.
01:22:36 Rivière's mad at me!
01:27:41 I would ignore the law and win glory
01:33:29 Next day, it was Father's turn.
01:39:05 It did amuse me.
01:42:17 Do you know this object?
01:47:45 Why did you strike your brother?
01:50:56 No, Pierre Rivière is no more a monster than a martyr!
01:54:58 but were their ideas as evil as mine?
01:59:08 but no one stopped me. Someone gave me bread and cider.