Beyond Hatred

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06/18/2016 Headline affairs often remind me of documentaries I've seen and the events in Orlando recall this film for me. It's name says it all, as the parent's of a gay man murdered by neo-nazis work to achieve such grace. Coincidentally, it's available on Netflix at the moment. See more 12/01/2012 Stylish, tragic, and ultimately intimate. See more 10/06/2011 Unique film style which has a moving result. See more 04/20/2010 Much of what the family says is either unimportant or uninteresting. It's nice that there are real interviews and not that hyperactive junk some docs have become, but that's about it. Almost nothing is revealed about the victim, the attackers faces are never shown and cameras weren't allowed in the courtroom, causing the film-makers to scramble for other less interesting material. This should have been a short, but, as is far too often the case, was padded out to a feature for marketing purposes. See more 08/25/2009 Un film important sur la tolerance et la democratie. See more 07/07/2009 In 2002, Francois Chenu, was savagely beaten and drowned by a group of skinheads for being homosexual. Two years later the central three men involved in the crime come up for trial. The filmmakers focus mainly on Chenu's family, trying to give a portrait of their loss and their attempts to comprehend the crime, in the period leading up to, during and after the trial. This film left me with the feeling of something deeply lacking, I wanted more. We are given very little sense of who Francois was, and of what his life was like. There was an attempt to explore why these three commited the crime but it's not enough. The interview with the father of one of the perpetrators is short and consists mostly of long pauses, we are told via an aunt that the same accused's mother is an alcoholic, that's about as deep as it gets. The filmmakers clearly try to maintain an atmosphere of non-interference and neutrality but all we are left with as viewers is fustration and a feeling of being hardly wiser for the experience. See more Read all reviews

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