Beyond Hatred

rdf:langString Beyond Hatred

rdf:langString Cover of Peccadillo Pictures 2007 DVD release

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rdf:langString Christophe Girard

rdf:langString Olivier Meyrou

rdf:langString Beyond Hatred (French: Au-delà de la haine) is a 2005 French documentary film written and directed by . The documentary tells the story of a French couple seeking justice and feeling acceptance after the homophobic murder of their gay son, 29-year-old Francois Chenu. He was murdered by three white power skinheads in 2002, who beat him severely in the face and threw him into a pond. The attackers were arrested one month after the incident, and Meyrou read about the case on the front page of Le Monde. He had been wanting to make a film about homophobia for some time, and decided that the Chenu case was very emblematic. The film's French television premiere was on 19 June 2005; distributed the film's French theatrical release the following year. It was shown at the 2006 Berlin International Film Festival, the , and the 2007 London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. It had a limited theatrical release in the United States on 15 June 2007, distributed by First Run Features. Rotten Tomatoes gave Beyond Hatred a "fresh" rating of 89% based on 18 reviews. Metacritic gave it a "generally favorable" rating of 65% based on five reviews. The documentary won the Teddy Award for Best Documentary at the 2006 Berlin Film Festival.