Praise for BEYOND HATRED
“Moving, charged drama!” – Variety
“ Uncommon grace. Potent, remarkable." – Time Out NY
“Fascinating... unsettling... " – Village Voice
“Stunning essential...a testament to the power of forgiveness." – Slant Magazine
“Superlative!" – Michael Koresky, Reverse Shot
“Riveting. Astonishingly compassionate and moving. ” – Shadows on the Wall (UK)
“Powerful, emotionally intense. Simply but boldly constructed. . . loaded with tension.” – BBC
“Both emotionally raw and restrained. Brings home with sombre force the dignified restraint with which Chenu's family handle their anger and loss.” – London Times
“Powerful and deeply moving.” – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
“Vital. The kind of depth that you don't ever see in a news report or interviews with victims of families, and never even to this extent in any other documentary. An uncommonly brilliant documentary. The highest recommendation and rating. ”
– DVD Times (UK)
“!” – Channel 4 Film (UK)
“In classic vérité style, director Olivier Meyrou allows this immensely cathartic story to unfold at its own pace without unnecessary exposition or narration.”
– Palm Springs Film Festival
“Deeply moving. The subject has such powerful emotional force as to require no further dramatisation or sensationalizing." – London Film Festival
“A calm and moving cinema-verite documentary about moving past anger and
revenge. Flawlessly directed, the film is powerful without being preachy." – SF Indiefest
“One of the most imaginative documentaries screened at this year's
festival." – Sydney Film Festival
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