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- 2007
- Not Rated
- First Run Features
- 1 h 26 m
- 2007
- Not Rated
- First Run Features
- 1 h 26 m
Summary In this French documentary, a family reflects on the murder of their 29-year-old son and tries to move beyond feelings of hatred and revenge. (First Run Features)
Written By: Olivier Meyrou
- 2007
- Not Rated
- First Run Features
- 1 h 26 m
- 2007
- Not Rated
- First Run Features
- 1 h 26 m
Beyond Hatred
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Summary In this French documentary, a family reflects on the murder of their 29-year-old son and tries to move beyond feelings of hatred and revenge. (First Run Features)
Written By: Olivier Meyrou
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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60% Positive
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40% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
65
60% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
40% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
It's so rare these days to see a documentary that aspires to be cinematic that Beyond Hatred may seem at first to be slightly better than it is.
An example of a film whose style doesn’t merely suit its story but amplifies its meanings.
Meyrou follows the family through the three day trial, the verdict and its aftermath, but the perpetrators remain a mystery.
It's easy to find fault with the film's maudlin score, overlong static shots devoid of the abstract poetry they infer, and a second half that pursues legal rather than personal ramifications at a trial where cameras aren't allowed. But, following the family's path to closure, we'll forgive.
Verite docu Beyond Hatred movingly accompanies the family of Francois Chenu, a gay man murdered by three skinheads in 2002, down the road to forgiveness.
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Production Company
Hold Up Films,
Miss Luna Films,
France 5,
France 2 (FR2),
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC),
Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep),
Angoa-Agicoa,
Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music (SACEM)
Release Date Jun 15, 2007
Duration 1 h 26 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards
Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Prix Louis Delluc
• 1 Nomination