Nicolas Philibert, the director of TO BE AND TO HAVE, stays in documentary territory with this engaging film. Decades before BACK TO NORMANDY, Philibert worked as an assistant director on the film I, PIERRE RIVIÈRE, HAVING SLAUGHTERED MY MOTHER, MY SISTER AND MY BROTHER… The film's director, René Allio, used nonprofessional actors to recreate the historical events surrounding a horrific event in 1935. Now, 30 years later, Philibert returns to the French countryside to find the cast of the original film.