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Synopsis. On an otherwise ordinary day in 1905, 17-year-old seminarian Bruno Reidal murders a 13-year-old boy in the woods near his village in the Cantal area. He then turns himself in. To understand why he committed the murder, a group of doctors led by Professor Lacassagne investigate the case.
Rated: 3.5/5 • Jul 13, 2021. Vincent Le Port's riveting debut feature takes a true crime case from early twentieth century France and transforms it into a chilling, utterly compelling journey ...
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- Vincent Le Port
- Biography, Crime, Drama
Bruno Reidal, Confessions of a Murderer: Directed by Vincent Le Port. With Dimitri Doré, Jean-Luc Vincent, Roman Villedieu, Alex Fanguin. In 1905, French seminarian Bruno Reidel is found guilty of murdering a child.
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- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Vincent Le Port
- 2022-03-23
"I discovered the story of Bruno Reidal ten years ago in a book about serial killers. Lost among the famous criminals of the 20 th century, this late 19 th century young farmer from the French county of Cantal wanted to be a priest; moreover, he was not a serial killer per se as he only killed once.
- The Lucidity Behind Sadism
- The Dissection of A Crime in The Mind of The Murderer
- Bruno Reidal, Executioner and Victim of His Abominable Impulses
When the medical committee asks young Bruno Reidal to tell his life story, we discover he speaks clearly, fluently, and with exquisite literary beauty. In fact, he hasa brilliant mind. We soon become imbued with the psychology of evil and its mechanisms, and the eternal conflicts between reason and impulse orchestrated by neurosis and psychopathy. ...
The story of the short life of Bruno Reidal that unravels before the medical committee borders on the psychoanalytic, the philosophical, and the lurid. His childhood was marked by too many siblings and a loving father who died young. His alcoholic and violent mother acted as a catalyst for a mind already drenched in hatred, jealousy, frustration, a...
This production from Vincent Le Port is more than just a movie. In fact, it’san x-ray of terror, an exquisite and tragic portrait of the psychopathic mind struggling against itself.The young man shows tremendous lucidity in his life story, making the monstrous converge with the human. Although it was useless to fight against his abominable instinct...
In 1905, French seminarian Bruno Reidel is found guilty of murdering a child. At the request of the doctors observing him, he writes memoirs to explain his actions.
- Crime, Drama
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Jul 8, 2021 · Vincent Le Port • Director of. Bruno Reidal, Confessions of a Murderer. “The viewer needs the necessary distance and space to reflect on what he sees”. 08/07/2021 - CANNES 2021: The French director presents an intimate drama film about a young man struggling with his inner demons.
