Retour en Normandie
Director Nicolas Philibert
Countries France
Duration 113 min
Synopsis
In 1975, Nicolas Philibert, who was then 24 years old, worked as assistant director in René Allio’s film “Moi, Pierre Rivière, ayant égorgé ma mère, ma soeur et mon frère…”. Shot on location in Normandy, the film adapted Michel Foucault’s book with the same title and it used almost exclusively non-professional actors, selected from the region’s inhabitants, to recreate the triple homicide that had taken place there 140 years before. Thirty years later, the director of “Être et Avoir” returned to the shooting location of his master’s film, searching for its original actors.
In 1975, Nicolas Philibert, who was then 24 years old, worked as assistant director in René Allio’s film “Moi, Pierre Rivière, ayant égorgé ma mère, ma soeur et mon frère…”. Shot on location in Normandy, the film adapted Michel Foucault’s book with the same title and it used almost exclusively non-professional actors, selected from the region’s inhabitants, to recreate the triple homicide that had taken place there 140 years before. Thirty years later, the director of “Être et Avoir” returned to the shooting location of his master’s film, searching for its original actors.