BACK TO NORMANDY

A film by Nicolas Philibert

French Distribution • International Sales

BACK TO NORMANDY

A film by Nicolas Philibert

French Distribution • International Sales

Releases
French Release on 03-10-2007

Genre
Documentary

Synopsis
This film's origins lie in another.The one that the director René Allio shot in Normandy in1975 based on a local crime: « I, Pierre Rivière, Having Slaughtered My Mother, My Sister and My Brother… »I was 24 at the time. René Allio had offered me a position as first assistant director.Shot a few miles from the scene of the triple murder 140 years earlier, this film owed most of its uniqueness to the fact that nearly every part was given to local country people.Today, I have decided to return to Normandy to seek out the transient actors of the film.Thirty years have passed…

« Des hommes et des femmes saisis dans la vérité de leur vie. Nicolas Philibert ou la beauté d’un cinéma fraternel. »

La Croix

« Utopie, engagement, humanisme. Une oeuvre émouvante et poétique. »

Le Monde

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Producers: Les Films d’Ici, Maïa Films
Co-producers: ARTE France Cinéma
France Distribution: Les Films du Losange
International Sales: Les Films du Losange

Nationalities: France

Cinematographer: Katell Djian
Editing: Nicolas Philibert, Thaddée Bertrand
Sound: Yolande Decarsin
Music: André Veil, Jean-Philippe Viret

Duration: 1h53
Sound Format: Dolby S.R.D.
Visa: 112199